Roach, fish illustration print from Rev. William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes", 1879 art poster canvas gift In Fairyland which renders a Passage back

which renders a Passage back impracticable

he published his detailed plan of the battle in September 1816

In the foreground

beast or flight

One vignette shows a galleon trying to outrun one monster by throwing their cargo overboard

Roach, fish illustration print from Rev. William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes", 1879 art poster canvas gift In Fairyland which renders a Passage backA beautiful Victorian illustration of Roach fish Common roach Rutilus rutilus from Rev. William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes", published in 1879. The Reverend William Houghton (18281895) was an English naturalist and clergyman, noted for being the author of British Fresh Water Fishes. Houghton was rector of Preston on the Weald Moors in Shropshire. A serious naturalist, he became a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. Houghton studied