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Stories from Nature
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Seal Sightings
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Artistic Encounter
There are also finely drafted images of the creature's skull and jaws, totally cleansed of flesh.
Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, by Ludwig Becker.
These images expertly convey the form and dentition of the skull, but as with all Becker's sketches they also have strong aesthetic appeal.
Becker produced a lithograph of the seal for the Museum, bringing the various drawings together into a satisfying visual description.
1Ludwig Becker, Museum Victoria Scientific Artwork Collection PZ21.4, 1858.
