Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph interspersed with remarks and reflections

interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties

Center Panel: A sweeping harbor scene of Beaufort with sailboats

At the time this map was made

light foxing and minor chip on border on upper right corner

Original oil on canvas by L

Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph interspersed with remarks and reflectionsAn original antique hand colored copper engraving from Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, one of the classic natural history books of the 19th century. This plate appears to depict a variety of marine gastropods (sea snails), rather than a single species. Center (largest shell): a Volute (Voluta or Melo species). Lower left & lower right: Murex Rock shells (family Muricidae),