'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] Size:S: 60 x 45cm c1912-c1914

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so much depended

Interior of the Church of St Katherine by the Tower

A bottle has tipped over in the foreground spilling drink

In the foreground a figure clears rubble

'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] Size:S: 60 x 45cm c1912-c1914Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Plate 14 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. XIV.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755 Original: copperplate engraving. 1772