A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view.
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A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 1st. Laphinus spinosus.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 279 by 218 mm.
A horned fish. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 2. Ostracion Cornutus. From a Specimen in possession of Lady Hastings. View beneath. View above. Profile.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 275 by 218 mm.