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Monochrome copperplate engraving depicting various fossils and calcified bodies, labeled with letters A-M. Of particular interest are E, a fossil of a fish, N, a horn, perhaps from a narwhal, and D, a large head which appears to still have the skin and tongue on it. Image is subtitled "Petrified Bodies." At top right is the following text: "Plate 29, Vol. III page 250". At bottom right is the engraver attribution.


whales
1720-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Toms
ink; laid paper
5 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in
unknown