Blunt Headed Cachalot and Long Tailed Shark

Object summary

Title: Blunt Headed Cachalot and Long Tailed Shark
Object ID: AF-NX-2272
Date made: 1792
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Printer: Barr, J.S.
Author: Leclerc, Georges-Louis
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Plate 78, colored engraving, depicting a whale, facing left, with a blowhole and teeth, labeled "Blunt headed Cachalot p. 160", and a shark with feathery fins and a long, asymmetric tail, facing right, labeled "Long Tailed Shark p. 166".

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