'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] Size:M: 90 x 40cm 'The Double Janus Guard

'The Double Janus Guard

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A procession from the City to St James's Palace with an address by the City merchants to King George III in support of his government

232 of the Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage

'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] Size:M: 90 x 40cm 'The Double Janus GuardMarine zoological study showing a side view of the Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Plate 14 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed lower left 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. XIV.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755 Original: copperplate engraving. 1772