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Displays	Porpus Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/HDB/2/2/161/1 Scientific namePhocoena phocoena CollectionSpecial collections CategoryVisual works Object nameAnimal subjects (visual works), Watercolours (visual works) TitlePorpus DescriptionDrawing of a harbour porpoise, by William Bell, unsigned and undated, before 1787. Described in Hunter's paper on the oeconomy of whales as 'another species of Grampus, which was caught in the river Thames, fifteen years ago [i.e. in about 1772]' (Hunter 'Works', Vol. 5, p. 22). This drawing was engraved by James Basire for publication with John Hunter's 'Observations on the Structure and oeconomy of Whales' in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 77 (1787), pp. 371-450, Plate 17. The engraving was republished in volume 5 of Hunter's collected works (1837), Plate 45. Production date 1774 - 1787 Artist‎ Bell, William, d 1792, Draughtsman, London Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799) Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Reproduction

Object numberRCSSC/HDB/2/2/161/1

Scientific namePhocoena phocoena

CollectionSpecial collections

CategoryVisual works

Object nameAnimal subjects (visual works), Watercolours (visual works)

TitlePorpus

DescriptionDrawing of a harbour porpoise, by William Bell, unsigned and undated, before 1787. Described in Hunter's paper on the oeconomy of whales as 'another species of Grampus, which was caught in the river Thames, fifteen years ago [i.e. in about 1772]' (Hunter 'Works', Vol. 5, p. 22). This drawing was engraved by James Basire for publication with John Hunter's 'Observations on the Structure and oeconomy of Whales' in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 77 (1787), pp. 371-450, Plate 17. The engraving was republished in volume 5 of Hunter's collected works (1837), Plate 45.

Production date 1774 - 1787

Artist‎

Bell, William, d 1792, Draughtsman, London

Owner/user

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist

presented

Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Porpus

Physical Location

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