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Monochrome engraving featuring three beached whales. Top, a spotted narwhal, facing right. Middle, a doubly spouting whale, facing right. Below, a long, thin baleen whale, facing left. Title is printed above the whales. Below the whales is printed:
"1. M. Monocerous, Unicorn N.___2. B. Mysticetus Great M. or Common Whale.___3. B. Boops. Pike-headed M. Published as the Act directs, March 1, 1812, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row."


whales
1812-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown; Scott, J.
ink; paper
10 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in
Britain: London