Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Details
- Dimensions
- 20ʺW × 1ʺD × 13.75ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- Late 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Color of frame is like that on the left image. Excellent Color of frame is like that on the left image. less
- Description
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Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch,
A Pair,
Circa 1780
Dimensions: 13 3/4 inches x 20 inches wide.
Bloch issued … more Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch,
A Pair,
Circa 1780
Dimensions: 13 3/4 inches x 20 inches wide.
Bloch issued folio and octavo prints and each specimen was engraved on a copper plate and then hand-colored with watercolors. The plates contain the names of each fish in several languages.
Reference:
At the age of 47, the German surgeon Marcus Elieser Bloch began to study the fishes of Germany, evidently as a hobby. "Chance gave me an occasion" Bloch remembered, "to apply myself to the study of fishes. Someone sent me a great Maräne, a species of salmon, from Lake Madui. I opened my Linnaeus to read what he said of it. But I saw, to my great astonishment that he had not known of this Maräne "This omission excited my curiosity..." Thus began a productive life of ichthyology. Bloch's 1782 volume, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische, is considered to be one of the most important in ichthyological literature, even two centuries after its publication. The beautiful hand-colored illustrations below are from this publication.
(American Museum of Natural History) less
Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
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