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  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.
  • An abalone shell covered in flaky brown seaweed. Watercolour.
  • The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Etching by R. Delaunay after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.
  • Several varieties of field snail (Helix hortensis). Colour reproduction of a painting by L. F. Muckley.
  • Abraham Vater. Line engraving by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1752.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
  • Shiva mounted on Nandi surrounded by attendants helping Parvati to mount. Chromolithograph, 1875.
  • Lamp shells and ammonites from the Pacific Ocean, some cross-sectioned. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
  • Franz Ernst Brueckmann. Line engraving.
  • Two Japanese fishermen wading in the sea to collect shells. Watercolour, c.1860.
  • Mollusc shells: classification chart showing 132 varieties, with a diagram below outlining details of the three main shapes. Coloured lithograph, 1830/1860?.
  • Directions for collecting objects of natural history / Andrew Murray, of Conland, 1, Scotland Street, Edinburgh.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Vishnu fighting with the conch shell demon with Kurma's help. Gouache drawing.