Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
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Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. The central image shows a lobster, crab, turtle, scallops, whelks and prawns, cowrie shells, lobster and crab pots and shrimping nets, set against an English seaside scene of cliffs and a beach, with people carring shrimping nets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): turtle soup served at the Lord Mayor of Londons banquet; pearl fishing; catching turtles; a mother and daughter looking in an apothecarys window displaying leeches and toothpowder; making items from mother-of-pearl shell; making basketware crab pots; shrimping with nets; cowrie shells used as currency; an artist using sepia ink derived from cuttlefish; making items from tortoiseshell. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850)
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Aquatic Life Banquet Crab Crustacean Fisherman Fishermen Fishing Lobster Lobster Pot Mother Of Pearl Oxford Science Archive Pearl Pearls Reptile Robert Kent Robert Kent Thomas Scallop Shell Seafood Seashell Seaside Shell Shellfish Thomas Varty Turtle Varty
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