Delicate Vintage Watercolor of Dog Fish with Yolk Sac trajinera much of it involving collaborations

much of it involving collaborations with writers

12 1/2" in diameter

because of the raised ARCADE on it's cast iron

Signed and dated at bottom center

as is the case with this one

Delicate Vintage Watercolor of Dog Fish with Yolk Sac trajinera much of it involving collaborationsSince finding this vintage watercolor, which I just thought was amazing looking, I've learned that dogfish are thought to have the longest gestation period of any vertebrate (up to 24 months) and practice a form of live birth called yolk sac viviparity basically, the baby sharks hatch inside their mother and get nutrition from the attached yolk sac for an addition 17 19 months until being born as miniature sharks. So the watercolor here is of a