Fish Antique Print. Sea Horse, Porcupine, Wolf, Electric Eel, Pipe Fish Tegg, c1822  E-mail this product to a friend

FISH Antique Print c1822. Hippocampus, Sea Porcupine, Wolf Fish, Electrical Eel, Pipe Fish.
The unique Sea Horse shown with the Pipe Fish.. and friends.

Original steel engraving by Samuel Davenport (1783-1867)/ G.F. Shroeder for “A History of the Earth and Animated Nature” by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74), first published in 1774. This work aimed to bring together all that was known about the planet, earth, plants, animals and human inhabitants. It proved to be so popular that it was reissued with updates more than twenty times. This edition was published in London, circa 1822 by Thomas Tegg (1776-1845). Davenport was one of the first illustrators to engrave on steel.

steel. This finely engraved series of images were published in black and white. They have at some time been nicely hand-coloured with watercolour, adding to their appeal.

Page size: 210 x 130mm (8 1/4" x 5") Image size approx 95 x 160mm (3 3/4" x 6 1/4")