Echinorhinus Obesus — Andrew Smith 2) Alternative titles

This nineteenth-century zoological plate presents Echinorhinus obesus in broad side profile, its substantial body extending across a warm cream ground. The shark is rendered in subdued blue-gray, charcoal, and brown, with a softly modeled underside and a small golden eye providing a concentrated point of color.

Fine stippled shading describes the rounded head, gill openings, fins, and strongly rising tail. Faint linear marks surround the specimen without disturbing the spare composition, while four smaller studies at lower right record anatomical details at closer scale. The plate comes from Andrew Smith's Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, combining careful zoological observation with the restrained visual character of nineteenth-century natural-history illustration.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Andrew Smith
• Title: Echinorhinus Obesus
• Original title: Echinorhinus obesus
• Series: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa — Pisces
• Date: 19th century
• Period: 19th century
• Place of Origin: London, England
• Medium: Color zoological illustration

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