Shells watercolour by Peter Brown, c 1766
Summary
Watercolour on vellum of six scallop shells in varying colours by Peter Brown (active 1758-1799), c. 1766.
Though primarily an illustrator, he wrote the scientific descriptions of some species, such as the brightly marked North American Arctiid moth Haploa clymene. Brown"s illustrations included birds, botanical subjects and insects. Brown exhibited at the Free Society of Artists and the Royal Academy from 1770 until 1791.
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Date
1766
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain