Helix janthina [marine snail] mb-width 4507 Anthony Weldon

Anthony Weldon

The instrument was made by John Newman of Lisle Street London and used by William Edward Parry's 1819-1820 expedition Baffin Bay aboard HMS Hecla

The accompanying printed text notes that 'This garden from whence the annexed fourth view is taken

showing a scene on the coast of France with troops boarding a ship to invade England

Helix janthina [marine snail] mb-width 4507 Anthony WeldonPlate 13 from the paper 'The distinguishing characters between the ova of the Sepia, and those of the vermes testacea, that live in water, explained', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 107 (1817), pp. 297 301. Seven figures including details of the shell of Helix janthina [Janthina janthina] with magnified images of ova and internal chambers. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower