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Concept

Corals

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  • 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.
  • The British Museum: the Coral Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.
  • A man with coral, shells, fish, and a book. Oil painting by a German (?) painter, 17th (?) century.
  • Indian coral merchant selling jewelry to a woman. Gouache drawing.
  • 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.
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    Corallina, or, A classical arrangement of flexible coralline polypidoms / selected from the French of J. V. F. Lamouroux.

    Lamouroux, (Jean Vincent Félix), M., 1779-1825. | Date: 1824
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    The British Museum: the Coral Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.

    | Date: 1847 | Reference: 38461i
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    A history of the British sea-anemones and corals / by Philip Henry Gosse.

    Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. | Date: 1860
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    De coralliis / [Joannes Hieronymus Stein].

    Stein, Johann Hieronymus. | Date: 1728
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    A history of the British sea-anemones and corals / by Philip Henry Gosse.

    Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. | Date: 1860
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