'Le Roi des Harengs' [Oarfish] Size:L: 80 x 40cm the sitter is in a

the sitter is in a relaxed

the left arm leaning against a table upon which stands a globe and inkwells

30th June 1983

following a very successful racing career

Plate 46 figures 2-3 from the paper 'On the placenta'

'Le Roi des Harengs' [Oarfish] Size:L: 80 x 40cm the sitter is in aMarine zoological study showing a side view of the Oarfish or 'King of Herrings' (Regalecus glesne). Plate 11 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. XI.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772