Shell Fish Collection

Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon)
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card

Harvesting Oysters
American oystermen of New Jersey harvest the mature oysters which they planted earlier in the year when they were young

Oyster Catch / Whitstable
Oysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals

Four oyster shells, seen from different angles

Shellfish. Date between 1800 and 1830 printed between 1890 and 1930

Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab
A boy wearing a diving mask stands silhouetted against the sea and sky, holding a crab

Tending Oyster Beds
American oystermen of New Jersey plant millions of young, unmarketable oysters at the end of the season, in April, to be harvested later in the year

Shellfish stall in Les Halles, Paris, France
Adults and children at a shellfish stall in Les Halles, in Paris, France

Kitagawa Utamaro print - Watching Divers for Shellfish
Reproduction of a woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro (1750-1806) entitled: Watching Divers for Shellfish. Date: circa late 18th century

Young fisherman with crawfish, St Ives, Cornwall
A young fisherman on a fishing boat in St Ives harbour, Cornwall, surrounded by his catch of crawfish. Date: circa 1970s

Various Shells (Cones)
Various cones

Various Shells 1835
A selection of chama shells. Date: 1835

Washing Oysters / Photo
OYSTER INDUSTRY - fishermen washing oysters Date: 1930

Old Sailor and his Grandchildren
Two circular watercolour paintings by Malcolm Greensmith depicting and old sailor with his grandchildren. In the left-hand picture the old salt points out a fine sailing yacht approaching the harbour

Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples

Cockling, Lancashire
Cockling on the beach, Lancashire

CRABBING / 1883
Two men fishing for crabs

Edible Shellfish
A lobster and some other edible crustacea including a crab and some shrimps and crayfish

Lobster / Cries of London
A woman tries to persuade a customer to buy a live lobster from the basket she carries on her head

Racial / Japan / Fisherwomen
Two Japanese fisherwomen

Fishing for Cockles / 1909
Fishing for cockles at Leigh Creek, Essex

Various Cephalopoda
A selection of live and fossilised cephalopoda

Assorted Marine Life
A mixture of fish, octopus, crabs, sea horses and shellfish on the sea bed

Lima Tenera / Shellfish
LIMA TENERA A variety of shellfish with orange feathery bits

A Prawn and other Things
An Aesop prawn and some other sea creatures

Shrimpers and Catch
Shrimpers return with their catch

French Oyster Woman - 2
A parqueuse d huitres - oyster gatherer - of Cap Ferret, near Arcachon in south- west France. Her shoes may lack Parisian chic but are eminently practical

French Oyster Woman
A parqueuse d huitres - oyster gatherer - of Arcachon in south- west France

Sorting Oysters
oyster sorters sorting oysters

SEA SHELLS
A variety of sea shells including clams, cockles, razor-clams and mussels

Variety of Sea Shells
A variety of sea shells including razor clams and other bivalves and worm casts

Shells and Bivalves
A variety of different sea shells, including varieties of clam, mussel, whelk and cockle

Varioety of Molluscs
A selection of molluscs including varieties of clam, razor-clams soft shellfish and sea snails

Buddhist Reincarnation
The Buddhist concept of the cycle of re-birth : the soul is born again as a shellfish (3 of 4)

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