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Figure of Whale
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: F.P. Nodder & Co.
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Date made: 1793
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 5 in x 9 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
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Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: F.P. Nodder & Co.
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Date made: 1793
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 5 in x 9 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
Illustration of a whale with two blowholes and baleen, facing right. The engraving has been colored in pale blue and pale grey. The lines from the impression of the plate are still visible on top, bottom, and right edges. In the top right corner is printed the number "133" and below the whale is printed "London Published March 1st, 1793 by F.P. Nodder & Co. No. 15 Brewer Street."
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