Antique Ichthyology Print, Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius), Gaimard 1842
$1,065 (£805, €950)
Period original, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1842
- Size
- 13.8 × 21.3 in (35 × 54 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Condition report: Excellent impression with vivid hand coloring. Wide margins present, with light toning and a few scattered foxing spots, mainly at edges, not affecting the image. Plate mark clearly visible.
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Section
- Fish and shells
- Reference
- f_26429562
The anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius), known in French as "La Baudroie," an original hand-colored lithograph from Paul Gaimard's Voyage en Islande et au Groenland, published in Paris in 1842. The plate is lettered "(Islande)" beneath the French name, drawn by Bévalet and lithographed by J. Bernard.
The fish is shown in full profile, filling the middle of the sheet. The broad, flattened head carries a wide mouth armed with sharp teeth, a fringe of small ragged flaps edges the jaw and body, and a long spine with a fleshy lure, the illicium, arches forward over the head. The mottled green and brown skin is hand colored, and the dorsal and pectoral fins are spread in careful detail. The title area at the top gives the voyage name and the plate designation.
The voyage was led by Paul Gaimard, who made an expedition to Iceland and Greenland in 1835; it was originally charged with the search for Jean de Blosseville's lost Arctic expedition, and it produced one of the most comprehensive natural history surveys of those northern lands. Its zoological plates were drawn by Louis Bévalet, and the anglerfish occurs across the North Atlantic.
