Details
- Dimensions
- 13.25ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 15.75ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Lithograph
- Shell
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- Good overall with paper toning, minor creasing and imperfections consistent with age. General wear to framing. Good overall with paper toning, minor creasing and imperfections consistent with age. General wear to framing. less
- Description
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George Brettingham Sowerby I
(British, 1788-1854)
Pair of framed seashell lithographs, handcolored, from Conchologia Iconica (Illustrations of the shells of … more George Brettingham Sowerby I
(British, 1788-1854)
Pair of framed seashell lithographs, handcolored, from Conchologia Iconica (Illustrations of the shells of Molluscous Animals) published in London by Reeve c.1843-1878.
G.B. Sowerby took over the completion of the work after Reeve’s death in 1865. These are examples of plates drawn by Sowerby.
sight: 7 ½ by 10 inches
frame: 13 ¼ by 15 ¾ inches less
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