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Monochrome engraving depicting eight coins, seals, or medals from antiquity. Page is labeled "PLATE XVIII" and titled Palaemon et Cetus. Palaemon, et Cetus super Arcam sacram". The top three seals or coins depict Palaemon atop the back of a whale in various locales, with Latin letters. The middle seal or coin in the left column depicts him standing atop a whale while reaching towards a baby in a woman's arms, and the middle of the right column depicts a bearded man with a trident holding a whale in his palm. Below the image is the following text, "Poseidon Berytius. Poseidon Beroae opitulans. Europa Sidonia: et Equus sacer Alatus Corinthiorum"


whales
1650-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Basire, I.
ink; paper
11 1/4 in x 9 in
unknown