Grampus [Killer whale] Size:L: 75 x 50cm with the piles for laying

with the piles for laying the foundations of the new bridge and boats on the River Thames

View of Blackfriars Bridge looking north showing St Paul's Cathedral in the background

and the City of London is visible in the distance

rays of light seem to emanate from her

View with the royal procession on the River Thames and spectators on the quayside

Grampus [Killer whale] Size:L: 75 x 50cm with the piles for layingPlate 16 for the paper 'Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales', by John Hunter, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol. 77 part 1 1787 pp. 371 450. View of a twenty four foot long male cetacean, showing its left side. According to the Hunter 'it was caught in the mouth of the river Thames, in the year 1759, and brought up to Westminster Bridge in a barge'. Numbered 'I'. Not signed. Original: ink on paper. 1787