£20 Rissos Dolphin Orca Beluga Narwhal
1906
Ref: dsp4514
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20x28 cm
British Odontoceti.
Fig. 1. Adult female and young Risso's Grampus (after Flower) Fig. 2. Killer. " 3. White Whale. Fig.4. Bi-dental skull of the Narwhal (British Museum) Fig 5 Narwhal.
J.G. Millais del.
Walter L. Colls. Ph. Sc.
Fine quality hand tinted photogravure by Walter L. Colls (1860-1942) photographer and engraver, from a painting by John Guille Millais (1865-1931) for publication in a three volume work, Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland by J G Millais Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1904-6, a work notable for containing some of the first scientific studies of whales.
Millais was a British Artist and Naturalist who is noted for the precise detail of his illustrations. He was the fourth son of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais.
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