EditorialGilt-head seabream or lunulated gilt-head, Sparus aurata. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialAtlantic pomfret, Brama brama (Ray's toothed gilt-head, Sparus raii). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialConstruction fragment, Carving made from linden wood (?) Gilt. Head of a flying fish., anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950, linden, gilding (material), gilding, h 13 cm ? w 10 cm ? d 4 cm.
EditorialSparus cuning, Print, Gilt-head bream, The gilt-head (sea) bream (Sparus aurata), called the Orata in antiquity and Italy and Spain today, is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern coastal regions of the Nort...