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Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) c.1645
Etching | 10.0 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 804564
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An etching of a chambered nautilus; first of two states.
Chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 [Nautilidae; A&D p. 377]. South-west Pacific (though floating empty shells are found as far away as Japan and East Africa), to 150mm, though the banding over the whole surface probably indicates a younger (and smaller) specimen, 100mm or less, as the final section of shell of fully mature specimens is usually unmarked. In the non-Hollar sequence is a polished example of the same species. Copied in the upper half of Buonanni 1.I.1, in reverse.
See general notes on 804563.Provenance
Probably acquired during the seventeenth or eighteenth century
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10.0 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Shell - Nautilus pompilius L.