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A narwhal and large sperm whale. Engraving.

Jonah and the whale. Engraving after P. Brill.

A beaked whale blowing a fountain of water through its snout. Coloured engraving, ca 1815.

Pilot Whale Campaign.

Greenland: above, indigenous fish including seals; centre, three different whales; below, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.

A blunt headed cachalot, a gibbous cachalot, a porpoise and a dolphin. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.

A whale with the head of the Prince Regent spouts two streams inscribed "The liquor of oblivion" and "The dew of favour", referring to his desertion of the Whigs and to favours bestowed on the Tories. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.

The top side of a large, flat whale coloured black with a white snout. Coloured engraving.

A whale. Engraving, ca 1793.

A common whale, a dolphin and a porpoise. Coloured engraving by P Dixon, ca 1824.

The belly and side of a large, flat whale coloured black with a white snout and underside. Coloured engraving.

Om nordhvalen (Balaena mysticetus L.) navnlig med hensyn til dens udbredning i fortiden og nutiden og til dens ydre og indre særkjender / af D.F. Eschricht og J. Reinhardt.

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A common whale, a dolphin and a porpoise. Coloured engraving by P Dixon, ca 1824.

The belly and side of a large, flat whale coloured black with a white snout and underside. Coloured engraving.

A narwhal and large sperm whale. Engraving.

Om nordhvalen (Balaena mysticetus L.) navnlig med hensyn til dens udbredning i fortiden og nutiden og til dens ydre og indre særkjender / af D.F. Eschricht og J. Reinhardt.

A whale with the head of the Prince Regent spouts two streams inscribed "The liquor of oblivion" and "The dew of favour", referring to his desertion of the Whigs and to favours bestowed on the Tories. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.