'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Ska Pentonville

Pentonville

Interior view looking towards the altar of St Olave Jewry

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 PentonvillePlate 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.