‘Land molluscs’
Date
c.1896
Creator - Organisation
Frederick Warne & Company, Publisher
After
H Morin, Artist
Object type
Library reference
51310
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Composite study of fifteen snails and slugs in undergrowth with fungi, wild strawberries and a log of wood. The molluscs include: the edible snail or escargot (Helix pomatia); the black slug (Arion empiricorum); and the grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis).
Plate facing p.345 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.6 (Frederick Warne, London 1896).
The plate has a tissue overlay to identify each insect with numbered captions. Signed lower left: ‘H Morin’. Title appears below the image: ‘LAND MOLLUSCS’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
Plate facing p.345 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.6 (Frederick Warne, London 1896).
The plate has a tissue overlay to identify each insect with numbered captions. Signed lower left: ‘H Morin’. Title appears below the image: ‘LAND MOLLUSCS’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
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