'Balaena Rostrata, Fabricus [Minke whale?]' Product:Framed picture by William Kirby Trimmer

by William Kirby Trimmer

'Tinct: Reform: Comp:'

' Figure 2 The Skeleton of a Monkey

The tower had been used to inter the dead: following the 1857 Great Neapolitan Earthquake

'Balaena Rostrata, Fabricus [Minke whale?]' Product:Framed picture by William Kirby TrimmerPlate 20 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. Two views of the whale. Figure 1 is a view of the animal's left side with an inset key to measurements. The dorsal fin is absent and shown by a dotted line. Figure 2 is a plan view of the tail. Numbered 'V'. Not signed. Britannia design watermark. Original: ink on paper. 1787