'Le Maquereau' [Atlantic mackerel] Finish:Stretched Fishing on the Serpentine in

Fishing on the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park

drawn from Life of their natural bigness

wheelbarrow and some chickens can be seen

Bawds and pickpockets around a trader at Covent Garden piazza

'Le Maquereau' [Atlantic mackerel] Finish:Stretched Fishing on the Serpentine inMarine zoological study showing a side view of the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). Plate 3 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. III.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772