Summary
Watercolour illustration of a Reef Ocean Perch, Helicolenus percoides, by Frederick Schoenfeld, for Plate 33 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy, Director of the National Museum of Victoria. This illustration was not used in the production of Plate 33.
Schoenfeld's illustration forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations in this collection informed the production of the two volume work 'The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria', the first major publication of the National Museum of Victoria.
Description of Content
Reef Ocean Perch, Helicolenus percoides (Richardson, 1842) by Frederick Schoenfeld. Unnumbered illustration, pencil and watercolour on paper, 13cm x 26cm, for Plate 33 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Artist
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Technique
Scientific illustration
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Plate Number
33
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Drawing Number
Unnumbered
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State
Illustration
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Tertiary Inscriptions
[in another hand] [illeg]
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Richardson & Solander, 1842)
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Preferred Common name
Reef Ocean Perch
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Class
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Genus
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Species Name
percoides
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
26 cm (Width), 13 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
