Beth Kidd

Thanks for sharing Jon! It was great to discuss it with you all.

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Watercolor on vellum. Six studies of shells, from an album of 79 drawings entitled 'Roberts's Drawings of Plants, Birds, Shells Vol.I'; includes four limpet-type shells seen from above.

Six studies of shells. Drawing by Nicholas Robert (1614-1685). © The Trustees of the British Museum. 🐚 #MolluscMonday #SciArt 🦑 🌿

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Anyone going to be at the British Library this week and willing to photograph two pages from a catalogue bound in a book in Rare Books and Manuscripts for me, in exchange for some ££? Photographed it years ago for research reference and appear to have missed pp. 4-5, argh.

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Metropolitan Science: London Sites and Cultures of Knowledge and Practice, c. 1600-1800 Join us at The London Archives as Rebekah Higgitt and Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin talk us through their new publication.

Great event coming up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metropolit...

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