Fish. Pilchard and Common Herring. George Shaw engraving c1805

by Shaw, George

Antique Print of Herring and Pilchards.

General Zoology or Systematic Natural History by George Shaw. M.D.F.R.S. c1805

 From the rare collection of  copperplate engravings which were originally published for “Zoological Lectures” delivered at the Royal Institution in London by George Shaw.  These images were engraved by the famous Mr Griffiths and his assistants. Whilst they were published in black & white this image has fine later hand-colour.

The size of each image is 9 x 5 inches (23 x 13cm)