'Le Maquereau' [Atlantic mackerel] Finish:Stretched Wreck of a 1939 Austin

Wreck of a 1939 Austin 10

mirrored inscription provides the date of 'September 16 1757'

Fishing on the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park

wheelbarrow and some chickens can be seen

'Le Maquereau' [Atlantic mackerel] Finish:Stretched Wreck of a 1939 AustinMarine 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