Fishes - Original Hand-Colored Engraving, Oudart and Dumenil - 19th Century
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Original hand-colored engraving of three fishes: the flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), the black goby (Gobius niger) and the peacock blenny (Blennius pavo), with a separate anatomical detail. Drawn by Oudart and engraved by Dumenil.
Original hand-colored engraving of three fishes: the flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), the black goby (Gobius niger) and the peacock blenny (Blennius pavo), with a separate anatomical detail. Drawn by Oudart and engraved by Dumenil.
It is pl. 15 of the Poissons section of Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, published in Paris between 1839 and 1849. The images in this work were colored by hand one by one at the time of publication, and are now a staple of natural history collecting.
Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring
Artist / after: Oudart
Engraver: Dumenil
Date: Between 1839 and 1849
Source: Charles d'Orbigny, Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, Poissons, pl. 15, Paris
Dimensions: 5.7 x 9.3 in (14.5 x 23.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition, with fresh color. Light yellowing of the paper, small nicks along the left edge and a faint blue pencil note in the lower margin.
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Original hand-colored engraving of three fishes: the flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), the black goby (Gobius niger) and the peacock blenny (Blennius pavo), with a separate anatomical detail. Drawn by Oudart and engraved by Dumenil.