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The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...
Date: [approximately 1824?]
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Porcupinefishes: top, Plumier's diodon; centre, the mole diodon; bottom, the bottle fish. Coloured etching by J. Pass after M.E. Bloch, 1803.
Bloch, Marcus Elieser, 1723-1799.Date: 25 March 1803Reference: 578670i
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A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.
Reference: 42370i
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A history of the fishes of the British Islands / by Jonathan Couch.
Couch, Jonathan, 1789-1870.Date: 1862-1865
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Les poissons, les reptiles et les oiseaux / par Louis Figuier. Ouvrage illustrée de 400 figures insérées dans le texte et de 24 grandes compositions par A. Mesnel, A. de Neuville et E. Riou.
Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894.Date: 1868
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A bird of prey carrying off a fish. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26949i
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Fish. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1777/1783.
Das, Bhawani.Date: 1777-1783Reference: 566704i
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A society lunch with patrons playing dice, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by R. Leitner, mid-19th century, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 25445i
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Pavli Iovii Novocomensis medici De romanis piscibus libellus / Doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus.
Giovio, Paolo, 1483-1552.Date: 1528
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Fishing: a net at a weir, perhaps on the Seine, plan, and details. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 493386i
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Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.
Rysbrack, Pieter Andreas, 1690-1748.Date: [1750/1770?]Reference: 581047i
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Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 492388i
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The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.
Date: [approximately 1850?]
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A type of cod. Etching.
Reference: 42319i
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A fish, with red and green head, tail and fins, and with blue and yellow scales. Watercolour by W. Deane, 1967.
Deane, Winifred, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 12.1.67 [12 January 1967]Reference: 2924556i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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A dissection of a female ray or skate. Etching.
Reference: 42331i
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A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Etching by A.T.J.M. Potémont after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 22596i
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Natural history of British fishes : their structure, economic uses and capture by net and rod, cultivation of fish-ponds, fish suited for acclimatisation, artificial breeding of salmon / by Frank Buckland.
Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880.Date: [pref. 1880]
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The incarnations of Vishnu. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27724i
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An introduction to the study of fishes / by Albert C.L.G. Gunther.
Date: 1880
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Fish. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1777/1783.
Das, Bhawani.Date: 1777-1783Reference: 566631i
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A bibliography of fishes / by Bashford Dean.
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928.Date: 1916-1923
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Tobias under the guidance of the archangel Raphael, cures Tobit's blindness using a 'fish-gall'. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy, 1755, after Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1755Reference: 16389i
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Fishing: net-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 493262i
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A healthy and a dead goldfish representing safe and unsafe lubricants; an advertisement for water-based lubricants. Colour lithograph by Chris Bal and Wilberto van den Bogaard for The AIDS Team in Antwerp, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 675562i

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The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...

Porcupinefishes: top, Plumier's diodon; centre, the mole diodon; bottom, the bottle fish. Coloured etching by J. Pass after M.E. Bloch, 1803.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

A history of the fishes of the British Islands / by Jonathan Couch.

Les poissons, les reptiles et les oiseaux / par Louis Figuier. Ouvrage illustrée de 400 figures insérées dans le texte et de 24 grandes compositions par A. Mesnel, A. de Neuville et E. Riou.

A bird of prey carrying off a fish. Watercolour drawing.

Fish. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1777/1783.

A society lunch with patrons playing dice, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by R. Leitner, mid-19th century, after D. Teniers.

Pavli Iovii Novocomensis medici De romanis piscibus libellus / Doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus.

Fishing: a net at a weir, perhaps on the Seine, plan, and details. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.

Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

A type of cod. Etching.

A fish, with red and green head, tail and fins, and with blue and yellow scales. Watercolour by W. Deane, 1967.

A dissection of a female ray or skate. Etching.

A rural surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Etching by A.T.J.M. Potémont after D. Teniers, the younger.

Natural history of British fishes : their structure, economic uses and capture by net and rod, cultivation of fish-ponds, fish suited for acclimatisation, artificial breeding of salmon / by Frank Buckland.

The incarnations of Vishnu. Gouache drawing.

An introduction to the study of fishes / by Albert C.L.G. Gunther.

Fish. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1777/1783.

A bibliography of fishes / by Bashford Dean.

Tobias under the guidance of the archangel Raphael, cures Tobit's blindness using a 'fish-gall'. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy, 1755, after Rembrandt.

Fishing: net-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

A healthy and a dead goldfish representing safe and unsafe lubricants; an advertisement for water-based lubricants. Colour lithograph by Chris Bal and Wilberto van den Bogaard for The AIDS Team in Antwerp, ca. 1995.