Two Catfish
Title
Two Catfish
Description
Illustrators and printers have struggled with how best to represent the vibrant colours and unusual shapes of fish on the page. The invention of chromolithography presented a new way to print in colour, and this technique was quickly used to print images of fish. Strack’s Naturgeschichte in Bildern mit erläuterndem [1826] was one of the fish books to use chromolithography to show the diversity of beautiful fish.
Creator
Justin Hanisch (photographer)
Source
Naturgeschichte in Bildern mit erläuterndem Text. IV. Lieferung: Fische
Publisher
Arnz & Co.
Date
[1826]
Contributor
Professor Christian Friedrich Leberecht Strack (author)
Format
Oblong quarto
Language
German
Coverage
Düsseldorf (published)
Citation
Justin Hanisch (photographer), “Two Catfish,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed July 11, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3324.