'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Middlesex Topsail barge under sail on

Topsail barge under sail on the Thames

The papers were calling for heads to roll and casting doubt on the condition of Britain's Navy

View of commercial premises in the Strand

Blotling Sculp

'Squalus acanthias' [Spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] Middlesex Topsail barge under sail onPlate 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.