Some early and elegant fish images from the Swiss physician, naturalist and artist, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz. (March 30, 1777 - March 8, 1861)
Schinz was born in Zurich and studied medicine at Würzburg and Jena, returning to Zurich in 1798 to practice. In 1804 he became a teacher at the medical institute and in 1833 he became "extraordinary professor" of natural history at the University of Zurich. Schinz was also curator of the Natural History Society of Zurich, and was the author of many important zoological works between 1824 and 1852. These included Das Thierreich (1821-4), Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien (1833-4), and Europäsche Fauna (1840).
Karl Joseph Brodtmann lithographed his plates. The lithographic technique seen here is a copperplate engraving (black linework) which was then professionally hand-painted. These fish images date to approximately 1833.
Sorry the plates aren't of a military theme, but I hope you might enjoy them just the same.
