
Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, and pufferfish…
Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, and pufferfish or globefish, Tetraodon lineatus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.
Credit
Mary Evans
Dimensions
3654 x 6366 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
12 x 21 inches / 31 x 54 cm