Shellfish Collection (page 3)

Banquet Piece with Mince Pie, 1635. Creator: Willem Claesz Heda
Banquet Piece with Mince Pie, 1635

The Cottage Dooryard, 1673. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Cottage Dooryard, 1673

The Mussel Harvest, 1879. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Mussel Harvest, 1879

Oysters, 1862. Creator: Edouard Manet
Oysters, 1862

Noboto Bay (Noboto no ura), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), ca. 1835

Ashi Clam, from the series "Genroku Kasen Kai-awase", 1821. Creator: Hokusai
Ashi Clam, from the series " Genroku Kasen Kai-awase", 1821

The Moray Minstrels (Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis), 1865

The Willow Shell (Yanagi-kai), from an Untitled Set of Beauty Prints on the Theme of Shells, ca. 1791

Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu, ca. 1840. ca. 1840. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu, ca. 1840

Plate 10, from World in Miniature, 1816. 1816. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Plate 10, from " World in Miniature", 1816

Comforts of Bath, Plate 4, January 6, 1798. January 6, 1798. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Comforts of Bath, Plate 4, January 6, 1798

The Feast of Acheloüs, ca. 1615. Creators: Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the younger
The Feast of Achelous, ca. 1615

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters, ca. 1640. Creator: Jan Davidsz de Heem
Still Life with a Glass and Oysters, ca. 1640

Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635. Creator: Willem Claesz Heda
Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635

Freshwater mussel, 1801, (1946). Creator: Unknown
Freshwater mussel, 1801, (1946). Illustration from " Natural History of British Shells" by Edward Donovan. Published in " British Anglers Natural History, by E. G. Boulenger

The Oysterman, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Oysterman, 1872. Oysters, seen as a luxury food today, were more widely eaten in earlier centuries. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Breadwinners, c1904, (c1930). Creator: Robert McGregor
Breadwinners, c1904, (c1930). Fisherwomen on a beach, wearing clogs, and carrying baskets for gathering shellfish. Painting in the Glasgow Museums Service collection, Glasgow, Scotland

The Elephant and Castle Inn, Newington Butts, Southwark, London, 1826. Busy street scene with horse-drawn carriages and a couple narrowly avoiding being run over in the centre

Two oyster sellers, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Two oyster sellers, 1760. Two women carrying baskets of Rare Meltin and Stewing oysters on their heads. From Cries of London, 1760

Bartholomew Fair, West Smithfield, London, c1830. Artist: J Graf
Bartholomew Fair, West Smithfield, London, c1830. In the foreground figures eat oysters from a stall and in the middle a boy and a man attempt to pick the pocket of a corpulent man

Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Twelve Pence a Peck Oysters. An oyster seller, pushing a barrow filled with oysters. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

The expense of lawyers, 1770. A smug lawyer in a lace shirt about to eat an oyster while giving a half-shell to two miserable looking men; a reference to the high cost of legal fees

Paella, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Pearls, 2. - Openng the Oysters, Ceylon, 1928. From Players Cigarettes - Products of the World: A Series of 50 [John Player & Sons, London, 1928]

The First Day of Oysters, 1863. Artist: William Greatbach
The First Day of Oysters, 1863. After George Smith

The Mussel Gatherers, c1890. Artist: Colin Hunter
The Mussel Gatherers, c1890

Mussel Picking, c1908. Artist: William Page Atkinson Wells
Mussel Picking, c1908. From The Studio Volume 50. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

The Whistling Oyster, 1897. From Old and New London Vol 111 by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Pearl Fishery, Torres Strait, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Oysters in the shell!, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Oysters in the shell!, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849. Artist: Hokusai
Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849

The Oyster Meal, 1659. Artist: Frans van Mieris
The Oyster Meal, 1659. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Oyster seller, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th May 1902

Shells and Shellfish, 16th century. Artist: Joris Hoefnagel
Shells and Shellfish, 16th century. An illustration from the calligraphic manuscript Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, inscribed by Georg Bocskay and illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel

A Man Offering an Oyster to a Woman, c1660-1665. Artist: Jan Steen
A Man Offering an Oyster to a Woman, c1660-1665. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Still Life with Oysters, 19th century. Artist: Antoine Vollon
Still Life with Oysters, 19th century

Still Life, 19th century

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

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

Shell Mound People, 4000-2000 BC (c1880). The Shell Mound People, or Kitchen-Middeners, were hunter-gatherers of the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic period

Reversing the Proverb, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Reversing the Proverb, 1864. The Oyster where it ought to be, And Shell and Shell the Lawyers Fee. Here, the plaintiff whose case is settled is walking away with the oyster

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