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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
Pink conch (Strombus gigas L.) c.1645
Etching | 9.4 x 13.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 804568
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An etching of a pink conch, Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 [Strombidae; A&D p. 75]. Caribbean, to 300mm; now severely overfished both for food and for its shell.
Copied in Buonanni, 2.III.304, reversed with the addition of a shadow.
See general notes on 804563.Provenance
Probably acquired during the seventeenth or eighteenth century
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9.4 x 13.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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