Brown or German Trout (Salmo fario) by John L. Petrie, 1898 18x24max100min40 Church traveled widely in the

Church traveled widely in the mid-19th century

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The map follows the French School style of cartography

this composition suspends geometric and organic shapes across a luminous field

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Brown or German Trout (Salmo fario) by John L. Petrie, 1898 18x24max100min40 Church traveled widely in theJohn L. Petries The Brown or German Trout, Salmo fario (1898) is a luminous Victorian zoological illustration created for William C. Harriss landmark natural history series, The Fishes of North America. In the late 19th centurybefore color photography could reliably capture subtle iridescenceartists like Petrie worked in close concert with naturalists to depict wildlife with exacting fidelity. Here, the trouts poised, streamlined profile is rendered