Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8510
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“Balaena Rostrata, Fabricus” [Minke whale?]
Date
1787
Creator
William Bell (British) , Surgeon
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 193mm
width (painting): 330mm
width (painting): 330mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 20 for the paper “Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales”, by John Hunter, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol. 77 part 1 1787 pp.371-450. Two views of the whale. Figure 1 is a view of the animal’s left side with an inset key to measurements. The dorsal fin is absent and shown by a dotted line. Figure 2 is a plan view of the tail. Numbered “V”. Not signed. Britannia design watermark.
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