'Brosme Toupee, or Galerite' [Blenny] mb-height 2771 Two chimney-sweeps

Two chimney-sweeps

throwing up his arms in horror at the entry of the Queen closely followed by Alderman Wood

Plate 5 from Eerste vervolg der proefneemingen

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'Brosme Toupee, or Galerite' [Blenny] mb-height 2771 Two chimney-sweepsMarine zoological study showing a side view of a blenny, possibly Montagu's blenny (here termed Blennus galerita, accepted taxonomy Coryphoblennius galerita). Plate 19 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed lower left 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. XIX.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving.