'Paon Rouge' [Cuckoo wrasse] mb-code 1193591 London aldermen around and on

London aldermen around and on an empty table

With boats on the river and figures on the riverbank

and twist their mouths diagonally

that may be transported even to distant Countries'

but Tyndall's head and shoulders are framed by a dark cushion

'Paon Rouge' [Cuckoo wrasse] mb-code 1193591 London aldermen around and onMarine zoological study showing a side view of a juvenile, or more likely female, Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus). Plate 13 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed in ink, upper right 'Tab. XIII' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772