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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Pink-mouth murex (Phyllonotus erythrostomus) c.1645

Etching | 9.4 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 804585

Pink-mouth murex (Phyllonotus erythrostomus)

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Pink-mouth murex (Phyllonotus erythrostomus) c.1645

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Pink-mouth murex (Phyllonotus erythrostomus)

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Pink-mouth murex (Phyllonotus erythrostomus) c.1645

©

Description

An etching of a pink-mouth murex shell

Provenance

Probably acquired during the seventeenth or eighteenth century
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

9.4 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Zoology
Animals
Shells (animal)
References

Alternative title(s)

Shell - Murex brevifrons Lam.

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Amazing 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

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