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50%-off 4 x small colourful fish. Heritage Editions prints

50%-off 4 x small colourful fish. Heritage Editions prints

by Bloch, Marcus

Four small Heritage Editions colourful tropical fish prints - from the early hand-coloured copperplate engravings that had scales highlighted with gold and silver leaf. Originally published between 1785 and 1797 by Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799) for his “Icthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulere des Poissons” (Icthyology, or General and Specific Natural History of Fish).

ANCHOR-TOOTH. Sparus Anchorago (drawn and engraved by J.F. Hennig)
LUTIAN of SURINAM. Lutianus Surinamensis (drawn and engraved by J.F. Hennig)
HOLOCENTRE of SURINAM Holocentrus Surinamensis (drawn and engraved by J.F. Hennig)
DOG’S TOOTH Sparus Cynodon (engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after J.F. Hennig)

Each of the four fish prints measures 6 x 10 inches (15 x 25 inches). They look great whether framed individually and hung together - or framed together in one frame.

Stock Number: 4HE87-90sPrice: $16.00

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