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Two figures of a monkfish which was caught off the Exmouth coast by Robert Heath on 9 September 1737 [1736].

Subject: Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1737

Reference number
CLP/15ii/24/2
Earliest possible date
12 January 1737
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Figures, angelshark or monkfish by A Bradley, 12 January 1737, CLP/15ii/24/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_24_2/figures-angelshark-or-monkfish-by-a-bradley, accessed on 11 April 2026

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    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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