1-158-952 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'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, set against an English seaside scene of cliffs and a beach, with people carring shrimping nets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): turtle soup served at the Lord Mayor of London's banquet; pearl fishing; catching turtles; a mother and daughter looking in an apothecary's window displaying leeches and toothpowder; making items from mother-of-pearl shell; making basketware crab pots; shrimping with nets; cowrie shells used as currency; an artist using sepia ink derived from cuttlefish; making items from tortoiseshell. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).