Fish Collection (#30)

We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals, ca. 1837-47

The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America, May 11, 1782

Tanmeijiro Genshogo Fighting Under Water, 1856, 2nd month

A Romantic Scene. Creator: Totoya Hokkei
A Romantic Scene

Wakamurasaki of the Kadotamaya, ca. 1800. Creator: Chokosai Eisho
Wakamurasaki of the Kadotamaya, ca. 1800

Fowling in the marshes: wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, c1350 BC
Fowling in the marshes: fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun (no. 10), Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC

Minoan wall-painting of dolphins from the Queens bathroom at Knossos

Roman mosaic of men fishing from boats, 2nd century BC
A Roman mosaic from Tunisia of men fishing from two boats, from the Souisse Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Scorpion Fish, (Peixe Carneiro), 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Scorpion Fish, (Peixe Carneiro), 20th century. Scorpionfish, are a family of mostly marine fish that include many of the worlds most venomous species

Seahorse, (Hippocampus), 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Seahorse, (Hippocampus), 20th century. Name given to 54 species of small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus, from the Ancient Greek word hippos meaning horse and kampos meaning sea monster

Long-snouted seahorse, (Hippocampus Guttulatus), 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Long-snouted seahorse, (Hippocampus Guttulatus), 20th century. Relatively rare marine fish native to northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean with an average size of 12cm

Sea Perch, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sea Perch, 20th century. Found in the Atantic and Mediterranean, Perch are carnivorous fish, who feed on smaller fish, shellfish, or insect larvae. They can be caught with nearly any bait

Vishnu, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti), c19th century. Artist: A Geringer
Vishnu, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti), c19th century. Vishnu in his avatar of Matsya, a fish. From L Inde Francaise

A Greek pottery fragment with the image of Poseidon
A blackfigure Greek pottery fragment with the image of Poseidon

Moone Cross, 9th century
Moone Cross, showing a detail of the base, with five loaves and two fishes, 9th century

Cartoon of the miraculous draft of fishes, 15th century. Artist: Raphael
Cartoon of the miraculous draft of fishes, for the Mortlake series of tapestries, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Minoan vase from Phaestos, 21st century BC
Proto-Palatial Minoan vase from Phaestos, now in the Archaeological Museum in Heracleon, 21st century BC

German fibula in the form of a fish

Inuit wooden mask of a fish and its spirit

Fossil of Cybium Speciosum, an early relative of the mackerl, from the British Museums collection

Fossil of Acantonemus Subaureus, an extinct fish, from the British Museums collection

Engraved bone from Lortet, Hautes Pyrenees
Paleolithic engraved bone from Lortet, Hautes Pyrenees

Wooden figure of a sea spirit, with head in the form of a shark, from the Solomon Islands
Wooden figure of a sea spirit, with head in the form of a shark, from San Cristobel Island, in the Solomon Islands. From the British Museums collection

The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The face in the centre represents Oceanus, with dolphins in his hair and a beard formed of seaweed

Geometric period Greek pot, 8th century BC
Geometric period Greek pot, found at Argos. In the Argos museum in Greece, 8th century BC

Roman floor mosaic showing Neptune, 3rd century
Roman floor mosaic from Ostia, showing Neptune, 3rd century

Roman mosaic of a nymph riding a sea-horse, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of a nymph riding a sea-horse, from the Roman port of Osita, 2nd century

Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing a sea-horse, 1st century
Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing a sea-horse, part of the Cupid on a Dolphin mosaic at the Royal palace in Fishbourne, Sssuex, 1st century

Egyptian mummy of a fish from the Louvres collection

Roman mosaic of men fishing, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of men fishing from Souisse, Tunisia, 2nd century

Geometric Roman floor mosaic with a depth illusion, from Munich

Early Christian fish mosaic, 4th century
Early Christian mosaic of a fish medallion, from Souisse, Tunisia, 4th century

A Fishmongers Shop, 17th century. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Fishmongers Shop, 17th century. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Fishmongers Shop, c1616-1618. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Fishmongers Shop, c1616-1618. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Fish, 1620. Artist: Frans Snyders
Fish, 1620. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

A sign in Youghal, Ireland

Selling spices and fish in Gabes market in Tunisia

Viking Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man, 10th century
Detail of Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man - note the runes on the edge. The figure bears a fish (a Christian symbol) and a cross, and tramples on a serpent, 10th century

Painted Cycladic pottery of a man carrying fish
Painted Cycladic pottery, from the island of Melos, of a man carrying fish. Now in the National Museum in Athens

Paleolithic engraved bone with reindeer, fish, and<> designs from Lortet, Hautes Pyrenees, France

Bronze plaque of the Oba of Benin in his divine aspect
Bronze plaque of the Oba of Benin, the ruler of Benin, in his divine aspect. His legs are mud-puppy fish, a symbol of the sea-god Olokun

Detail of Native American totem pole from Bella Bella on the pacific north-west coast, now in the Horniman Museum in London

Assyrian relief of the transport of wood by boat for building the palace of Sargon at Dur-Sharzuk, from the Louvres collection

Egyptian wall-painting of an ornamental pool with fish, 14th century BC
Egyptian wall-painting of an ornamental pool with fish and ducks in a garden with fruits, from the tomb of Nebamun at Thebes, 14th century BC

Egyptian relief of fishing from a boat with a net

Japanese painting of fish, from the British Museums collection

Roman mosaic of a slave boy in a kitchen
Roman mosaic of a slave boy, possibly named Junius, in a kitchen, from Pompeii

Fossil palm and fishes from Wyoming, USA

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