'Le Torsk' [juvenile Atlantic cod?] Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 'Birds of a Feather'

'Birds of a Feather'

Hill finished fourth in this race

This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations

although charges of high treason were never proved

(From left to Right) Prince Charles

'Le Torsk' [juvenile Atlantic cod?] Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 'Birds of a Feather'Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), possibly a juvenile, with a plan view of the head of the fish. The title of the print normally refers a different fish, the Tusk or Cusk (Brosme brosme), but the print clearly represents a cod. Plate 4 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right 'Ic: Rer: