'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Lancia-Ferrari 801 flanked by putti

flanked by putti

With inset figures A

or the anatomy of a porpess

Frances Fleetwood

November 2

'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Lancia-Ferrari 801 flanked by puttiPlate 15 figure 2 from the paper 'Some farther account of the fossil remains of an animal, of which a description was given to the Society in 1814', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 106 (1816), pp. 318 321. The painting is titled and annotated 'Squalus Acanthius. Natural size.' Inscribed above with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'W. Clift del.' Royal Society stamp verso. Original: ink on paper.