COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
02663AZ
Record number:
02663AZ-028
JCB call number:
EB F815 1838 1 Atlas historique
Image title:
Le trachyptère bogmare. (Trachypterus Bogmarus Val.) (Islande.)
Creator 1:
Acarie Baron
Creator 1 role:
pinx.
Creator 2:
Forger [illegible]
Creator 2 role:
sc.
Creator 3:
N. Rémond
Creator 3 role:
imp.
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
Arthus Bertrand
Image date:
1838
Image function:
Poissons, plate 12, Atlas zoologique, médical et géographique, colored
Technique:
engraving, colored
Image dimension height:
28.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
39.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
53.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
A ribbonfish or dealfish of the family Trachipteridae of Iceland. Includes line engravings of the fish's profile, teeth or jaw, and scales. Image placed horizontally on page.
Source creator:
France. Commission scientifique du Nord
Source Title:
Voyage en Islande et au Groënland Publié par order du Roi sous la direction de M. Paul Gaimard ... Atlas zoologique, médical et géographique
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Arthus Bertrand, editeur; Imprimerie de Firmin Dido Frères, rue Jacob, 56
Source date:
1838
notes:
Joseph Paul Gaimard, a ship's surgeon and naturalist, was the scientific leader on La Recherche (1835-1836) during its expedition to the Arctic Sea and voyages to Iceland and Greenland. Scientific name: Trachipterus arcticus [?]. This species is found predominantly in the North Atlantic ocean. They inhabit the deep seas and are rarely encountered by humans.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1852
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Arctic
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Scientific expeditions -- Iceland
Le trachyptère bogmare. (Trachypterus Bogmarus Val.) (Islande.)
