'Perche Rouge ou Norvegienne' [Rose fish] Finish:none Topsail barge on the Thames

Topsail barge on the Thames with its top mast lowered

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John McLaughlan

'Perche Rouge ou Norvegienne' [Rose fish] Finish:none Topsail barge on the ThamesMarine zoological study showing a side view of the Rose fish (here termed Perca norvegica, accepted taxonomy Sebastes norvegicus) with a detail from the head. Plate 16 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. XVI.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving.