During the 17th century, trade and exploration created a demand for exotic objects such as shells from foreign seas, which were imported to Europe and worked over by artisans. This large nautilus ...
The front lawn of the Old U.S. Mint at the foot of Esplanade Avenue has a new addition: a one-ton bronze sculpture of a young black boy riding a kind of mollusk called a nautilus. The creature’s ...
Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., "The life and work of Martin Johnson Heade: a critical analysis and catalogue raisonne," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, no. 397 ...
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