Torpedo rays in antiquity Man 1936 Jaguar SS100

1936 Jaguar SS100

4th May 1969

ill and dying in the background show clearly how even a short disruption in income for poorer families could precipitate them into destitution

' Inscribed in pencil lower right: 'Butterworth Savoy House 115 Strand' Drawn for an article by Herbert Rix (1850-1906)

Portrait of an elderly man with thinning grey hair and a rather stern expression

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man 1936 Jaguar SS100Representations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources. Figures 1 5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae, a pinax (votive tablet) and a patera (libation bowl). Figure 6 shows the Marbled electric ray from a small pinax. Plate 3 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian