Anatomy of the porpoise mb-height 725 the Prior of St Bartholomew's

the Prior of St Bartholomew's Priory

The woman in the middle is wearing a matching yellow pelisse and bonnet

'Slippers'

The gardens

Anatomy of the porpoise mb-height 725 the Prior of St Bartholomew'sStudy of a porpoise skeleton, with details of its anatomy, based upon the dissection of the cetacean. This commenced at Garraway's coffee house and concluded at Gresham College in London, the first home of the Royal Society. The mammal was most likely the Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena. Thirteen figures in total, numbered 1 13, variously in Arabic and Roman numerals on the plate. Figure 1 Abdominal muscles. Figure 2 The liver. Figure 3 Kidneys,