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Whale, Nar Whale or Sea Unicorn and Spermaceti Whale

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Colored image with side views of, top, a male whale with teeth, middle, a fishlike creature with a horn and a horse-like head, labeled "Nar Whale, or Sea Unicorn", and bottom, a second male whale with pointed teeth, labeled "Spermaceti whale".

whales
1808-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Knight and Compton; Leclerc, Georges-Louis
ink; paper; mounting
7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in
Britain: London