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Featured on PDR in the collection Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)

Pamphlets on sea beasts produced for the International Fisheries Exhibition of 1883.

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A Japanese Artificial Mermaid.

Artist

Date

1883

From

Sea Fables Explained


Source

Internet Archive / University of Toronto Libraries

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Public Domain Worldwide

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Image Size

1852 x 856


Styles

  • Book Illustration

Themes

  • Animals & Beasts
  • Science & Medicine

Tags

  • mermaids
  • japan
  • hoaxes
  • human-animal-hybrid
  • monsters
  • sea monsters
  • fables

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