Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.
Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.
Wellcome Collection

Above, two wading birds (plovers) and a pipe fish; below, a pike, a pilchard and three different pipe fishes. Coloured etching.

1786

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: 1. Pike. 2 Pilchard. 3. Black-breated Indian plover. 4. Spotted American plover. 5. Pipe fish.

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