'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Ska with a few notable exceptions

with a few notable exceptions

Bela Zola Life in the Mirror Series

below the thumb: 'Armstrong 28 Sept 1896'

With an inset key to the medusae and inscribed 'E

but bare-footed and without breeches and in his hand he carries a petition for place or pension

'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Ska with a few notable exceptionsPlate 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.