1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 242 South America through a sottoportego

through a sottoportego

Commander of the French 1st Corps

Size: 16in x 14in (405mm x 355mm)

<b>The Embrace</b> contains all of the elements of an adulterous tryst with the stag horns on the chandelier being a common symbol of cuckoldry

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Terebratula Lamp Shells Plate 242 South America through a sottoportegoTitle : Terebratule, Terebratula Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23873 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la