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Types of Whales [untitled object]

Object summary

Title
Types of Whales [untitled object]
Object ID
AF-NF-0455
Date made
1804
Place made

France, Paris, Ile-de-France

Engraver
Haussard, Catherine
Remove
Haussard, Chse.
Draughtsman
Sève, Jacques de
Object type
Engraving
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Allan Forbes Collection
On view
No
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Description

Black and white engraving of three types of whales: Right whale (Baleine Franche), Balaenoptera physalus (Baleinoptère Gibbar), Blaenoptera rorqual (Baleinoptère Rorqual). With no inscription, most likely a copy of diagram taken from Bernard Germain de Lacépède's Histoire Naturelle des Cétacées (Paris, France: Chez Plassan, 1804).

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