Wye Sturgeon Photo info pls (General)

by MPGriffiths , Thursday, March 31, 2022, 16:11 (757 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

I've actually found the drawing and the article of The Royal Sturgeon - from the Hereford Times 1846

THE ROYAL STURGEON
CAPTURED AT THE WEIR, IN THE RIVER WYE, NEAR THIS CITY ON SUNDAY MAY 21ST, 1846, BY JAS POSTANS

It is an engraving - and says....

The above engraving is by Mr GAYLOR, of this city, whom we have pleasure in thus introducing to the Hereford Public; we shall, whenever the opportunity is afforded, publish in our columns, Mr Gayler's engravings of any object of local interest, by way of illustrating our letter press.

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No idea how to attach the article to my message.

The article, takes up over a third of the page across, and runs top to bottom of the page. It obtains a popular account of the Sturgeon from Buffon's Natural History: -