Shell specimens
Date
1776
Creator
Peter Brown (1758 - 1799, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
55207
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 199mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Conchological study of seven shell types.
Figure one – The Plough Shell (Bullia digitalis)
Figure two – A Murex Shell (Muricidae unverified)
Figures three and nine – A Volute Shell (Volutidae unverified), listed as an ‘Admiral’
Figures four and seven – A Cone Shell (Conus unverified)
Figure five – A Murex Shell (Muricidae unverified), listed as ‘The Devil’
Figure six – A Purupa Shell (Muricidae unverified), listed as ‘The Skeleton’
Figure eight – A Volute Shell (Volutidae unverified), listed as ‘Flamboyante’
Plate five from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s book, Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the knowledge of shells, 1776. Inscribed above: ‘PL. V’
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) British naturalist and natural history illustrator illustrated Mendes da Costa's Elements of conchology.
Figure one – The Plough Shell (Bullia digitalis)
Figure two – A Murex Shell (Muricidae unverified)
Figures three and nine – A Volute Shell (Volutidae unverified), listed as an ‘Admiral’
Figures four and seven – A Cone Shell (Conus unverified)
Figure five – A Murex Shell (Muricidae unverified), listed as ‘The Devil’
Figure six – A Purupa Shell (Muricidae unverified), listed as ‘The Skeleton’
Figure eight – A Volute Shell (Volutidae unverified), listed as ‘Flamboyante’
Plate five from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s book, Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the knowledge of shells, 1776. Inscribed above: ‘PL. V’
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) British naturalist and natural history illustrator illustrated Mendes da Costa's Elements of conchology.
Object history
Volume donated to the Royal Society by Ronald Winckworth, British natural historian, 1942.
Related fellows
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717 - 1791) , Naturalist