Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph At the time this map

At the time this map was made

Center Panel: A sweeping harbor scene of Beaufort with sailboats

Impressionistic

light foxing and minor chip on border on upper right corner

published circa 1870

Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph At the time this mapAn original antique hand colored copper engraving from Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, one of the classic natural history books of the 19th century. This plate appears to depict a variety of marine gastropods (sea snails), rather than a single species. Center (largest shell): a Volute (Voluta or Melo species). Lower left & lower right: Murex Rock shells (family Muricidae),