BLACKMOUTH CATSHARK. Black-mouthed Dogfish, Galeus melastomus. COUCH, 1862
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Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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2788 x 1451 px | 23.6 x 12.3 cm | 9.3 x 4.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1862More information:
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'Black-Mouthed Dogfish'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Printed from original watercolours and drawings by Jonathan Couch, an eminent British naturalist who lived in the fishing village of Polperro, Cornwall. Engraved onto woodblocks by Alex Lydon. Plates printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett, with final hand-colouring by local artists in Polperro. Provenance: "A History of the Fishes of the British Islands"; by Jonathan Couch, Published by Groombridge and Sons, London. Type: Fine antique woodblock print on good quality paper. Printed in colour and finished by hand in Polperro, Cornwall. Eyed Dogfish; Scyllium melanostomum, Pristiurus melanostomus, Pristidurus melanostomus