Spotted tun (Tonna dolium) c.1645

Etching | 8.6 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 804587

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Spotted tun (Tonna dolium) c.1645

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Description

An etching of a spotted tun shell

Provenance

Probably acquired during the seventeenth or eighteenth century
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

8.6 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Shells (animal)
References

Alternative title(s)

Shell - Anostoma ringens L.

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Spotted tun (Tonna dolium) c.1645

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Spotted tun (Tonna dolium) c.1645

Description

Provenance

People involved

Creator(s)

Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Measurements

Groupings

Category

Object type(s)

Subject(s)

References

Alternative title(s)

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