Engraved plate with two fish skeleton drawings in side view, labeled Fig. 1 Archetypus, with fine black lines on a pale page.

Fish Skeleton Drawings from Owen's Archetype Plate, 1848

Engraved plate showing two fish skeletons in side view, labeled Fig. 1 Archetypus and a second figure below, with vertebral columns, ribs and fin rays drawn in fine black line on a pale page. Fragments of other bone drawings appear at the left edge.

Artist: Richard Owen
Date: 1848
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2146 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1848.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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