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Engraved plate with three skeletons: a ray at top left, a pike head at top right, and a turtle skeleton below.

The skeletons of a ray (Thornback), bones of the head of a pike and the skeleton of a water tortoise. Engraving.

An engraved plate showing three skeletons: a thornback ray with its fan-shaped pectoral fins spread, a pike's skull and jaws in profile at upper right, and a turtle skeleton seen from above at lower center. Fine hatched lines model the bones against a pale paper ground.

Artist
Unknown
Date
25 March 1791
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2357 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1791.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Esqueletos de raya, cabeza de lucio y tortuga de agua, 1791

Una lámina grabada que muestra tres esqueletos: una raya con sus aletas pectorales en forma de abanico desplegadas, el cráneo y las mandíbulas de un lucio de perfil arriba a la derecha, y un esqueleto de tortuga visto desde arriba en el centro inferior. Líneas finas sombrean los huesos sobre un papel pálido.

Português: Esqueletos de raia, cabeça de lúcio e tartaruga d'água, 1791

Uma prancha gravada mostrando três esqueletos: uma raia com as nadadeiras peitorais em leque abertas, o crânio e as mandíbulas de um lúcio de perfil no alto à direita, e um esqueleto de tartaruga visto de cima no centro inferior. Linhas hachuradas modelam os ossos sobre um papel claro.

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