Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] Size:L: 80 x 60cm is trying to catch his

is trying to catch his hat

'(As he Appeared when made a Knight of the Shower Bath

St Mary's Chapel

Illustrating the laceration of cineritious substance caused by concussion

should come of age

Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] Size:L: 80 x 60cm is trying to catch hisPlate 12 from the paper 'Observations on the genus Ocythoe of Rafinesque, with a description of a new species' by William Elford Leach, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 107 (1817), pp. 293 296. Six views of the cephalopod Argonauta hians, including details of arms and shell. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: watercolour on paper. 1817