Torpedo rays in antiquity Pastel with people gathered around a

with people gathered around a barred window

showing Cumberland Villas and part of Chester Terrace

View with allegorical figures and objects around a table

Bonneville Salt Flats

A man is seated having his hair combed by a boy from whose pocket shows the label [Wr]ay and curled by another with the label Hood

Torpedo rays in antiquity Pastel with people gathered around aRepresentations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources. Figures 1 5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae, a pinax (votive tablet) and a patera (libation bowl). Figure 6 shows the Marbled electric ray from a small pinax. Plate 3 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian