Saltwater Fish Illustrations - Cobia — view 2

Saltwater Fish Illustrations - Cobia

$45.00

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8" x 10" 11" x 14" 16" x 20"

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19th c. illustrations of North American saltwater fish.

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Saltwater Fish Illustrations - C...Art Print / 8" x 10"

$45.00

Printing

Archival giclée

Paper

Cold-Press Watercolor

Mats

Antique White & Sage Double Mats

Frames

1⅛” Silver Leafed Beaded Wood Frame

Finished in an antique silver finish with a 1⅛” beaded profile

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about this artwork

This plate depicts a Cobia (rachycentron canadum), rendered in careful profile against a pale watercolor wash of open water. The specimen — noted as a 47 lb. catch taken off Pensacola in the Gulf of Mexico — is illustrated with the lateral dark stripe, broad depressed head, and forked tail that distinguish the species. The coloration moves from deep brown along the dorsal line through warm amber flanks to a pale cream belly, capturing the fish's natural gradation with precision.

Published by Armstrong & Co. at The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, this plate belongs to a body of American ichthyological illustration that combined scientific accuracy with a practiced artistic hand. The soft blue-grey background and clean linework are characteristic of the period's finest natural history printing.

The composition is straightforward and authoritative — exactly what this genre demands.