Hand colored engraving depicting seals laying upon rocks at a beach. Each seal is assigned a number from 1-5. Top scene, a black seal and a brown seal, both with mole-like faces and flippers resembling ink-colored hands with five elongated fingers of equal length. Labeled 1. In the same scene is a seal with leopard-like spots and rounded, almost swollen front paws and rear flippers, each with a single claw. Labeled 5. In lower scene, a small black seal with a very elongated neck, labeled "4". A seal with a fur-like substance growing along its chest. Labeled 2. A male seal with a body eight times the length of its head, labeled 3. Below the image, the text, "1. The Sea-Bear, male and female. 2. The Common Seal. 3. The Great Seal. 4. The long-necked Seal. 5. The spotted Seal. Engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1824."
