Perch, fish illustration print from Rev. William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes", 1879 art poster canvas gift Surface:Art paper 140gsm Buffon was the father of

Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century"

London: William Darton

"From the Sea of common Life

Paul's Church Yard

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Perch, fish illustration print from Rev. William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes", 1879 art poster canvas gift Surface:Art paper 140gsm Buffon was the father ofA beautiful Victorian illustration of Perch fish European perch Perca fluviatilis 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