Mollusc Collection

Sour Orange, Terrestrial Mollusk, and Larkspur; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596

Damselfly, Insect, and Marine Mollusks; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596

Butterfly, Marine Mollusk, and Pear; Mira calligraphiae monumenta, 1561-1562; illumination added 1591-1596

Wood Carving, 1897. Creator: Ogawa Kazumasa
Wood Carving, 1897. A wood carving sculpture of a Japanese warrior fighting an octopus, or devil-fish

The eight-armed cuttle-fish in the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The eight-armed cuttle-fish in the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 1871

Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853

Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus, between circa 1773 and circa 1774. Creator: Shunsho
Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus, between circa 1773 and circa 1774

Diver with 2 Octopus (image 1 of 2), Mid-late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Diver with 2 Octopus (image 1 of 2), Mid-late 18th century

Octopus Form Box, Late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Octopus Form Box, Late 19th century

Octopus, early 19th century. Creator: Gyokuzan
Octopus, early 19th century

Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cuttlefish and Gorita, 1785. Sepia loligo'. Two colour drawings, and a sketch of an octopus-like creature. With inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 238

Baby Octopus, Mid-19th century. Creator: Ohara Mitsuhiro
Baby Octopus, Mid-19th century

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIII, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LI, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LI, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate III, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate III, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIV, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIV, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LII, c. 1575/1580

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari no zu), 1740s. Fisherfolk on the coast, in the distance a man struggles with an octopus. Detail from a larger artwork

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari no zu), 1740s. View from the veranda of a house on the coast. Detail from a larger artwork

Low Tide at Susaki - A Set of Five (Shiohi goban no uchi), c. 1828/30. Detail from a larger artwork

Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari no zu), 1740s. View from the veranda of a house on the coast, in the distance a man struggles with an octopus

Low Tide at Susaki - A Set of Five (Shiohi goban no uchi), c. 1828 / 30
Low Tide at Susaki - A Set of Five (Shiohi goban no uchi), c. 1828/30

The Jeweled Chaplet, ca. 1845-46. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Jeweled Chaplet, ca. 1845-46

Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Part view of the floor painting in the so-called small Megaron; two patterns from the floor painting, about 1400-1200 B.C

Mollusca, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Mollusca, c1910. Molluscs are invertebrate animals and marine organisms, highly diverse, in size and anatomical structure, also in behaviour and habitat

Octopus Vase from Heraklion Museum, Crete, Minoan c1500 BC
Minoan Octopus Vase from Palaikastro, Crete, c1500 BC. Held with Heraklion Museum

Veluta Georgina, pub. 1833 (hand coloured engraving)
Veluta Georgina, from The Mollusca and Radiata, pub. 1833 (hand coloured engraving)

Voluta Miltonis, pub. 1833 (hand coloured engraving)
Voluta Miltonis, from The Mollusca and Radiata, pub. 1833 (hand coloured engraving)

Cirripedia, 19th century

Suckers on tentacles of Octopus Vulgaris, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Suckers on tentacles of Octopus Vulgaris, 20th century. A mollusc and the most studied of all octopus species. The octopus will eat almost anything it can catch

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Tentacles, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Tentacles, 20th century. A mollusc and the most studied of all octopus species. The octopus will eat almost anything it can catch

Murex, c1890. The mollusc which inhabited this shell was the source of Tyrian Purple dye

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