Bowhead Whale – 1793 (Balaena Mysticetus) - Shaw and Nodder | Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints

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Bowhead Whale – 1793 (Balaena Mysticetus) – Shaw and Nodder

Bowhead Whale – 1793 (Balaena Mysticetus) – Shaw and Nodder

Short Description

The Bowhead Whale then known variously as the Great Northern Whale, Toothless Whale, Greenland Whale, Artic Whale etc etc. They grow up to 18 metres and 100 tonnes and have no dorsal fin. It has the largest mouth of any animal. Whilst once endangered a moratorium in 1966 has saved the species which is now no longer under threat.

Copper engraved and hand coloured by Shaw & Nodder and published in London on 1st March 1793 (marked in the plate). Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British Museum. Frederick Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

Framed in Voyager Natural History style within black cored cream mat and beaded gilt frame.

Early Whale Engraving in fine condition ... click on the image to see all my whaliness! ... hmmuuuueooowmh

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