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Francis Willughby, Historia piscium   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Paul van Somer I  (1576/1578–1622)  wikidata:Q7154614
 
Alternative names
Paulus van Somer, Peter van Somer,
Paul van Someren, Paulus van Someren
Description Flemish painter, court painter and miniaturist
Date of birth/death between 1576 and 1578
date QS:P,+1576-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1576-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1578-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 5 June 1622 (buried)
Location of birth/death Antwerp London
Work location
Amsterdam (1604), Leiden (1612-1614), City of Brussels (1616), London (1617-1622)
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creator QS:P170,Q7154614
Title
Francis Willughby, Historia piscium
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English: Oxford, 1686 title page, by the French printmaker Paul van Somer, working in London. Title page and illustrations were published in London; text was printed in Oxford. The page illustrates a history of fish by the English naturalist Francis Willoughby. Samuel Pepys, secretary of the admiralty and diarist, is featured on the inscription.
Date 1685
date QS:P571,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print
Dimensions 334 mm x 201 mm.
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Credit line Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
Source/Photographer British Museum [1]

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