biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631243784678 ‘The Reverend Pierre Jacques Smit, who often signed his works Peter Smit, Peter J. Smit, or P.J. Smit, was a natural history illustrator of the Victorian era in England.’ Wikipedia

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‘Hooker’s Sea Lion.’ Illustration by P. J. Smit (1863-1960)
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*The Royal Natural History* ed. #RichardLydekker (1849-1915). Vol. II Section IIII. (London & New York 1894)
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