Seashells, ca. 1870
Seashells, ca. 1870
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Copy print : SSV*/Zoo/10-12
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The 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 ill...
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Full title
Seashells, ca. 1870
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
The watercolours are unsigned, undated and untitled
Date note
Approximately dated from the subject matter, in conjunction with the type of card used.
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Drawer 15, 1985
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV*/Zoo/10-12
Record Identifier
9AL4kEoY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4kEoY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
886636
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