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Orca Balaenam morsu lacerans
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Bellagambam
Place made: Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Bologna
Date made: 1613
Materials: ink; laid paper; color wash
Measurements: 14 in x 9 1/4 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
AF-NX-1628
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Bellagambam
Place made: Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Bologna
Date made: 1613
Materials: ink; laid paper; color wash
Measurements: 14 in x 9 1/4 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
Page 700 (verso 699) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts a large creature with clawed forepaws and a fishlike tail, a boarlike snout, and twin stovepipe blowholes, spouting. The creature has teats and two young, one of which is suckling. The animals appear to be partially submerged in shallow water. With text in Latin on verso.
AF-NX-1628