886636
- TitleSeashells, ca. 1870
- Call numberSSV*/Zoo/10-12
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1870 - Type of material
- Reference code886636
- Issue CopyCopy print : SSV*/Zoo/10-12
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room - Physical Description3 watercolours - 13.4 x 20.5 cm ea.
- Scope and ContentThe shells portrayed are Red-mouthed Olive, Blood Olive and Common Nerite, identified from comparison with photos in: A collector's guide to seashells of the world / Jerome M. Eisenberg. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1981. Similarities can be noted between the sketches in terms of composition, style and paper, and those in: Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E.P. Ramsay with other natural history drawings by Helena Scott and Harriet Scott, ca. 1861 (located at PXA 21)
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Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010 - Signatures / Inscriptions
The watercolours are unsigned, undated and untitled - Date note
Approximately dated from the subject matter, in conjunction with the type of card used. - Subject
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