'Paon Rouge' [Cuckoo wrasse] Size:XL: 120 x 60cm According to the Greek writer

According to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus

with inns on either side

CANIS LUPUS

Embossed upper right 'Bristol Paper

The driver is wearing a motoring coat

'Paon Rouge' [Cuckoo wrasse] Size:XL: 120 x 60cm According to the Greek writerMarine zoological study showing a side view of a juvenile, or more likely female, Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus). Plate 13 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed in ink, upper right 'Tab. XIII' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772