Balaena Rostrata

Object summary

Title: Balaena Rostrata
Object ID: AF-NB-2250
Date made: 1787
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Engraver: Basire
Draughtsman: Bell
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Colored diagram of the genitals of male and (in insets) female whales. Labeled with figure numbers; interesting features labeled with letters. Accompanies an article about whale anatomy in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Scale is given at the bottom of the page.

Inscriptions

Type: pencil
Location: lower margin
Inscriber: unknown
Original language: English
Text: "External Parts of Generation with relative selection[?] of Anus & Nipples of Balaena Rostrata"