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Colored engraving depicting a whale with an open mouth, facing left, and spouting. Text reads, "BALAENA MYSTICETUS, or COMMON WHALE 58 Feet long The mouth being open shows the position of the Whalebone", and, below the whale. "Scale, one-tenth of Inch to a foot"


whales
1820-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Tucker, W. E.
ink; paper
5 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in
Britain: Edinburgh