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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
Trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium L.) c.1645
Etching | 9.3 x 13.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 804575
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An etching of a trapezium horse conch, Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus, 1758 [Fasciolariidae; Abbott & Dance p. 182]. Indo-Pacific, to 150 mm. Copied in Buonanni, 2.III.287, reversed with the addition of a shadow; this in turn copied in Lister, IV.14.1, again reversed and thus in the same sense as the present print, with the shadow omitted.
See 804563 for a fuller account.Provenance
Probably acquired during the seventeenth or eighteenth century
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9.3 x 13.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Alternative title(s)
Shell - Pleuroploca trapezium
Featured in
ExhibitionAmazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Drawings illustrating the development of European knowledge
