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C1810
Ovula, Proscenula, Serpula
Artist:
George Perry
Ovula-contemporary text describes the shell as brightly coloured with patterned mantles. Around 100 species are known of. In the 1810 text the Proscenula is described as flatttened, hollow. The outer side of the shell is rounded. The Serpula is spiral,twisted … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Ovula, Proscenula, Serpula
Date:
C1810
Artist:
George Perry
Engraver:
W.Miller
Condition:
Good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
225mm
x 315mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1810
Description:
Ovula-contemporary text describes the shell as brightly coloured with patterned mantles. Around 100 species are known of. In the 1810 text the Proscenula is described as flatttened, hollow. The outer side of the shell is rounded. The Serpula is spiral,twisted like a worm, sometimes straight, hollow at each end, unequal and irregular.
From Perry, Conchology, or the natural history of shells(“Supposed to be a native of the East Indies. From the original in the British Museum. Very rare.”)
Perry obtained specimens from various museums, among them the outstanding shell collection of Elizabeth Bligh, which contained many beautiful and rare examples obtained through her husband, William Bligh of the Bounty.
Biography:
George Perry (1771-?)
Perry was a 19th-century English architect and amateur naturalist and malacologist. Perry is known for two natural history works: Arcana; or the museum of natural history, published monthly from January 1810 to September 1811 and Conchology, or the natural history of shells, published in 1811. Although often ridiculed during his life by the established science community, primarily for being a supporter of Lamarck rather than of Linnaeus
