Scallop Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate XXV | c. 1840 Caribbean and Russian Cossacks

and Russian Cossacks

Beautifully custom framed with a wide blue linen mat and substantial silver-toned wood frame

A finely detailed re-strike engraving of Northwestern University (Evanston

Snapdragon & Gasteria Flowers

which was a modest one-story wood-frame resort before being replaced by later

Scallop Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate XXV | c. 1840 Caribbean and Russian CossacksAn original antique hand colored copper engraving from Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, one of the classic natural history books of the 19th century. This plate appears to depict a variety of Scallop Shells; it illustrates several related scallop species or varieties. The smaller figures at the bottom are juvenile or alternate species forms of scallops. Captain Thomas Brown