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SERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.)

Print
1833-1843 (first published)
Artist/Maker
Lizars, William Horne (engraver)
Stewart, James Hope (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'SERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.)', viewed in profile, lying by the waters edge, facing to the left of the image. The background landscape features cliffs and rock formations alongside a body of water, on which five sailing boats can be seen.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Scotland
Object type
Print
TitleSERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving print on thick paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
'SERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.)', viewed in profile, lying by the waters edge. Engraving print on laid paper. Engraved by William Horne Lizars (possibly after James Hope Stewart). Probably an illustration taken from Sir William Jardine's series 'The Naturalist's Library', published 1833-1843.
Physical description
'SERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.)', viewed in profile, lying by the waters edge, facing to the left of the image. The background landscape features cliffs and rock formations alongside a body of water, on which five sailing boats can be seen.
Dimensions
  • Of sheet height: 11.5cm
  • Of sheet width: 17.3cm
Measured by DH 05/10/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • PLATE 17. (Top-right corner of sheet.)
  • SERBANUS SCRIBA (Lettered Serranus.) (Island of Baziluzzo) Mediterranean. (Below left corner of image.)
  • Lizars sc. (Below bottom-right corner of image.)
Object history
This is very probably an illustration taken from 'The Naturalist's Library', a series of volumes produced by the noted Scottish Naturalist and Ornithologist Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), published 1833-1842.
Production
This is very probably an illustration taken from Sir William Jardine's series 'The Naturalist's Library', published 1833-1843.
Subjects depicted
Fish
Sailing Boat
Cliffs
Associated objects
Other number
Plate 17 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29638:206

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O954520/serbanus-scriba-lettered-serranus-print-lizars-william-horne/
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