Skeletons of a Thornback Ray, Pike Head and Water Tortoise, 1791
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
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)
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
