[Three flyingfish] / P. Oudart del. ; lith de C. Motte. – Antique Wall Art
![[Three flyingfish] / P. Oudart del. ; lith de C. Motte., [between 1826 and 1833] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6f/6fb6db5a493d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Three flyingfish] / P. Oudart del. ; lith de C. Motte., preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Three flyingfish] / P. Oudart del. ; lith de C. Motte.
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Three flyingfish share this plate, drawn by P. Oudart and lithographed by C. Motte, and it appears as plate 111, opposite page 68 of volume 7 of the fish volumes in the collected works of the comte de Lacépède, edited by Georges Cuvier. Lacépède's *Histoire naturelle des poissons* was first published between 1798 and 1803, and this late-1820s edition brought the series back into print. The flyingfish's enlarged pectoral fins let it glide above the surface for considerable distances, and the hand coloring helps set off the fins' delicate structure.
| Created / published | [between 1826 and 1833] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Book illustrations 1820-1840.Engravings French Hand-colored 1820-1840. |
| Notes | Illus. in: OEuvres du comte de Lacépède / M. le baron Cuvier. Paris : Ladrange et Verdière, 1826-33, Vol. 11, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 7, pl. 111, opposite p. 68. |
| Subjects | Flyingfish--1820-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,156 × 1,468 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217577 |
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