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Echinus Collection

Background imageEchinus Collection: George Stubbs (1724-1806). Whistlejacket (c. 1762)

George Stubbs (1724-1806). Whistlejacket (c. 1762)
George Stubbs (1724-1806). English painter. Whistlejacket (c. 1762). Oil on Canvas. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Background imageEchinus Collection: Different types of colorful sea urchins and their spines

Different types of colorful sea urchins and their spines.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), 1849

Background imageEchinus Collection: Purple sail, Velella velella

Purple sail, Velella velella
Sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, Velella velella. 1, 2. Velella larga, Velella bislunga. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Background imageEchinus Collection: European edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus

European edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus
European edible sea urchin or common sea urchin, Echinus esculentus Echino commestibile. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageEchinus Collection: Long-spine slate pen sea urchin, Cidaris cidaris

Long-spine slate pen sea urchin, Cidaris cidaris (Echinus cidaris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageEchinus Collection: Sea urchins

Sea urchins including edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus, artichoke urchin, Echinus atratus, Breynia australasiae, etc

Background imageEchinus Collection: Varieties of sea urchins and spines

Varieties of sea urchins and spines
Sea urchins with various coloured spines. Sea urchins with red, brown and green spines, edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus 1, Metalia spatagus with brown spines 6

Background imageEchinus Collection: Varieties of sea urchins

Varieties of sea urchins
Green sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris 1, 4, Echinometra digitata prima 2, long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum 3, and other varieties. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G.W

Background imageEchinus Collection: Polar bear and sea urchins

Polar bear and sea urchins
Polar bear, Ursus maritimus 1, vulnerable, edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus 2 and red pencil urchin, Heterocentrotus mammillatus 3. Ours blanc, Oursins

Background imageEchinus Collection: Italy. Paestum. Ruins. Campania. Southern Italy

Italy. Paestum. Ruins. Campania. Southern Italy

Background imageEchinus Collection: Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune

Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune
Greek art. Magna Grecia. Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune, actually dedicated to the goddess Hera. Built around 450-460 BC. Doric style. Front

Background imageEchinus Collection: Temple on Aegina. Doric capital from the cella of the temple

Temple on Aegina. Doric capital from the cella of the temple
Greek art. Aphaia Temple on Aegina. Doric capital from the inner room (cella) of the temple. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageEchinus Collection: Greek Art. Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus. Doric column. Greec

Greek Art. Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus. Doric column. Greec
Greek Art. Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus. Built around the year 160. Doric column. Altis. Sanctuary of Olympia. Greece

Background imageEchinus Collection: Ionic column

Ionic column
Greek Art. Ionic column. Olympia. Greece

Background imageEchinus Collection: Greek Art. Parthenon (447-438 BC). Entablature. Acropolis. A

Greek Art. Parthenon (447-438 BC). Entablature. Acropolis. A
Greek Art. Parthenon. Was built between 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates

Background imageEchinus Collection: Edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus

Edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageEchinus Collection: Various specimens

Various specimens
Specimen jars containing various sea and land creatures

Background imageEchinus Collection: Echinus, or Sea Urchin

Echinus, or Sea Urchin
Six examples of the Echinus (of the class Echinoidea), or Sea Urchin. 1808


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