Jonathan Couch from: "History of the Fishes of the British Islands" page 1

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Antique Fish prints by Jonathan Couch from: "History of the Fishes of the British Islands" published in four volumes between 1862 and 1865. This great work contained 256 water colours and drawings .He made hundreds of drawings of the fish he dissected, keeping a jet of water over each specimen so that he could paint their fresh brilliance before the colours faded.Original antique  woodblock prints that are the result of the collaboration of three of the most talented men of the era:  Couch drew the fish from nature; Alex F. Lydon prepared the woodblocks; and Benjamin Fawcett printed the plates ( as in Morri's Birds and Houses etc) . The color woodblock prints were then finished with hand colouring by locals in Polperro ! Published in London,  Page size: 16.5 x 25 cm ( 6.5 x 9.8 ") Image sizes vary


 Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), was a country doctor from Polperro, a small fishing village in Cornwall.  Couch, an authority on fishes, also did the sketches which were finished by Alexander Lydon, with the wood block engraving by Benjamin Fawcett.   Many of the engraved plates were finished by hand.Many have minor flaws if an exact condition report is needed ask
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1. Allis Shad
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted

 



Alpine Char
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted

 



Scale Finned Shad & Anchovy 
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted

 



Angler Fish
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Arctic Chimera
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted x2

 



Hebridal Smelt & Argentine
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x3

 



Bergylt
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Millers Thumb
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Father Lasher
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Bubalis
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Greenland Bullhead
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 



Three Bearded Rockling
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted 

 




Five Bearded Rockling & Four Bearded Rockling
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x3

 



Lesser Forkbeard
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x5

 



Blennoid Forkbeard
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x2

 



Bearded Ophidium
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x3

 



Drummonds Echidion
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x2

 

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Corkwing
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x 3

 



Long Flounder
Hand finished/ watercoloured  wood block engraving drawn by Jonathan Couch from History of the Fishes of the British Islands published from 1862 to 1865. The image sizes vary but the page size is 16.5 x 25 cm  £18 unmounted  x 3

 



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