Conus et Cypraea ex Museo, G.C.B. : Cone and Cowrie from Museum, ca 1817-1825
Conus et Cypraea ex Museo, G.C.B. : Cone and Cowrie from Museum, ca 1817-1825
About this item
Full title
Date
ca 1817-1825
Call Numbers
PXA 2154
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 album - 29 x 23 cm. - watercolour
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
An album containing 71 leaves with a total of 114 watercolour drawings of exotic shells (23 of cowries on 9 leaves, 91 of cone shells on 62 leaves). Drawn on paper watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mills” 1817 or 1818 (endpapers 1825). The album is bound in original brown straight-grained morocco gilt and has been professionally re-backed with the or...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Conus et Cypraea ex Museo, G.C.B. : Cone and Cowrie from Museum, ca 1817-1825
Variant title
[Conchology]: An album of original watercolours of shells.
Notes
General note
Conus et Cypraea ex Museo, G.C.B. is Latin for Cone and Cowrie from Museum.
Description source
Spine title.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, September 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
The vast majority of the shells depicted in the album come from the Indian or Pacific Oceans. Illustrations of note include Conus marmoreus (west Pacific) Conus litteratus (Indo Pacific), Conus quercinus (Indian Ocean), Conus textile (Indo-Pacific, Australia), Conus spurius (Gulf of Mexico), Conus imperialis (Indo-Pacific) and Conus Leopardus (Indo...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 2154
Record Identifier
9qoQdlZ1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQdlZ1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1382481
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