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An illustration of a small brown fish and a larger red fish with a light blue background.

An illustration of two fish with a light blue background. A small brown and black fish is illustrated in the top left corner of the image. Below it, a larger red fish is illustrated at the bottom of the image, positioned diagonally with its head at the bottom left corner and its tail towards the top right corner of. Both fish have large, bulging eyes.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42403.1
People
Author: Edmé Louis Billardon de Sauvigny, French (1736 - 1812)
François Nicolas Martinet, French (c. 1731 - 1800)
Aaron Martinet, French (1762 - 1841)
Title
Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (Natural History of Chinese Goldfish)
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1780
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370670

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bound book
Dimensions
36 cm (14 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
From the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Object Number
TL42403.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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