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Delphinus delphis, short-beaked common dolphinPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Delphinus doris, plate 20Illustration of the skull of Delphinus doris taken from The Lizards of Australia and New Zealand by John Edward Gray (1800-1875)
Rough-toothed dolphin skull with ink scrimshawSkull of a rough-toothed dolphin, a species that lives deep in tropical waters.The skull, believed to date back to 1850, has been decorated with ink by sailors in scrimshaw
Lagenorhynchus obscurus, dusky dolphinDelphinus fitzRoyi. Plate from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin
The Soosoo of the Ganges, a river dolphinLine drawing, plate 28 from the Naturalists Library volume XXV11 by Robert Hamilton, 1836
Homeward BoundIllustration (p.531) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Blue Whale HallView of Blue Whale Hall, Mammal Gallery, Gallery 24, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London
Sketch of Dolphins by Edward WilsonPlate one from Edward Wilson sTerra Nova sketch book showing three dolphins
Globicephala melas, long-finned pilot whale
Orcinus orca, orcaPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Delphinus delphis & Tursiops truWhite-beaked dolphin, short-beaked common dolphin & common bottlenose dolphin. Plate 50 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Orcaella brevirostris, Irrawaddy dolphinPhotograph of the dorsal view of the skull of an Irrawaddy dolphin
Sousa teuszii, Atlantic Hump-backed Dolphin skull
Orcinus orca gladiator, orca gladiatorPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Dolphin casting, c. 1924, The Natural History MuseumPercy Stammwitz, the skilled technician captured here in the Preparators Workshop making casts of dolphins for models in the proposed new Whale Hall
TabulaIllustration from Handlung 1 Tabula, by Kirschner, 1786
Delphinus delphis, common dolphinFf. 31. Painting by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775
Pursuit of Flying Fish by Dolphins & BirdsA line drawing from The Ocean by P. H. Gosse 1846 Page 183 illustrating a pursuit of flying fish by dolphins and birds
Working on whale carcass, 1930sSince 1913, when the Crowns rights to whales and dolphins stranded or caught in English waters (Fishes Royal) were transferred to the Museum, staff have been monitoring cetacean strandings