'Octopus violaceus' [Violet blanket octopus] Size:XL: 90 x 60cm inclosing an account of the

inclosing an account of the Fire-Ball seen Dec

half turned to the viewer's right

'London Curtezan'

Portrait bust of Alfred

'Octopus violaceus' [Violet blanket octopus] Size:XL: 90 x 60cm inclosing an account of theMarine zoological study of the violet blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violenceus). The cephalopod is presented from above with an inset detail of the underside, including funnel, anus and gonads. Plate 20 in the section 'G. Poulpe' from the book Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles.., by Andr tienne d'Audebert de Frussac (1786 1836) and Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802 1857)