Description

Monochrome engraving depicting a snakelike sea monster rearing its head and spitting up water in an arctic seascape. There is a three-masted ship in the background. The image is labeled "Plate 28" in the top right and "The Great Sea Serpent (according to Hans Egede)" in the bottom left.

This print is part of a series illustrating Robert Hamilton's "The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora, including the Walrus and Seals, also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c." (Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1839)

Additional Information

Attribution from New York Public Library digitized copy