Bottlenose whale Tubular Bells Scheme of a glass globe

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Bottlenose whale Tubular Bells Scheme of a glass globePlate 19 for the paper 'Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales', by John Hunter, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol. 77 part 1 1787 pp. 371 450. View of the animal from its left side. The specimen, apparently a juvenile of twenty one feet in length, 'was caught above London Bridge in the year 1783, and became the property of Alderman Pugh'. Numbered 'IIII'. Not signed. Watermarked 'J Whatman'. Original: ink on paper. 1787