Lobster Collection (#8)

Costumes at the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball (engraving)
1604004 Costumes at the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Costumes at the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball)

Great Green Bush Cricket, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999736 Great Green Bush Cricket, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scrap - decoupage design - Lobster. 1865

Curtis British Entomology Plate 674
Lepidoptera: Stauropus fagi (Lobster Moth) [Plant: Fagus sylvatica (Beech)] Date: 1824-39

Water, 1566 (painting)
LRI4650902 Water, 1566 (painting) by Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1527-93); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Water Painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (Arcimboldo) (1527-1593) 1566 Dim

Still life with lobster and trophies of hunting and fishing - oil on canvas, 1827
LRI4577826 Still life with lobster and trophies of hunting and fishing - oil on canvas, 1827 by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); Louvre, Paris

Hauling Lobster-pots on the Norfolk Coast (engraving)
2780900 Hauling Lobster-pots on the Norfolk Coast (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hauling Lobster-pots on the Norfolk Coast)

Normandy, fisherman (colour photo)
2804508 Normandy, fisherman (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Normandy, fisherman. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The first Atlantic cable, 1858 (colour litho)
3621867 The first Atlantic cable, 1858 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first Atlantic cable, 1858)

Langouste grainee et Crevettes (engraving)
3645672 Langouste grainee et Crevettes (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Langouste grainee et Crevettes. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1872)

A group of crayfish / freshwater lobsters at London Zoo in March 1925 (b / w photo)
3116197 A group of crayfish / freshwater lobsters at London Zoo in March 1925 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; eZoological Society of London; British

Fountain of the Pyramid (stone)
XIR234114 Fountain of the Pyramid (stone) by Girardon, Francois (1628-1715); ChAteau de Versailles, France; French, out of copyright

Frieze depicting fish (wall painting)
NUL260880 Frieze depicting fish (wall painting) by Roman, (1st century BC); Area archeologica di Pompei, Naples, Campania, Italy; out of copyright

Still Life, c. 1645 (oil on canvas)
ALM283454 Still Life, c.1645 (oil on canvas) by Heem, Jan Davidsz. de (1606-84); 45.1x61.1 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA; eAllen Memorial Art Museum; R.T. Miller, Jr

Pavement depicting fish escaping from a basket, from Sousse (mosaic)
XIR208541 Pavement depicting fish escaping from a basket, from Sousse (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century AD); 215x170 cm; Musee Archeologique, Sousse, Tunisia; out of copyright

Beauties of the Deep, 1882 (engraving) (photo)
CHT225293 Beauties of the Deep, 1882 (engraving) (photo) by Hopkins, Arthur (1848-1930) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Prague astronomical clocks calendar plate - June, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate)
1163584 Prague astronomical clocks calendar plate - June, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate) by MAanes, Josef (1820-71); Museum of the City of Prague

Painting of still life with lobster and trophies of hunting
JLJ4688327 Painting of still life with lobster and trophies of hunting and fishing Painting by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) 1827 Sun. 0, 80 x 1, 06 m Paris

Circulation of the blood, comparative (litho)
6013501 Circulation of the blood, comparative (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circulation of the blood, comparative)

Fish is Cheap Today
BON50897 Fish is Cheap Today by Duke, Alfred (fl.1893-d.c.1905); Private Collection; Photo eBonhams, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Danish artists at the Osteria la Gonsola, Rome, 1837 (oil on canvas)
NUL104383 Danish artists at the Osteria la Gonsola, Rome, 1837 (oil on canvas) by Blunck, Ditlev Conrad (1798-1854); 74.5x99.4 cm; Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danish, out of copyright

Large oval dish moulded in relief with reptiles and fish (earthenware)
XIR158695 Large oval dish moulded in relief with reptiles and fish (earthenware) by Palissy, Bernard (1509-90); 55x40 cm; Louvre-Lens, France; French, out of copyright

Rigging Harrys boat (engraving)
6007163 Rigging Harrys boat (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rigging Harrys boat)

"Venus disarming Amor"in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits
5675863 " Venus disarming Amor" in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits, insects and shellfish, c. 1595 (w/c and bodycolour) by Hoefnagel

Shellfish, c. 1575-80 (watercolour and gouache)
5916298 Shellfish, c.1575-80 (watercolour and gouache) by Hoefnagel, Joris (1542-1600); 14.3x18.4 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Decorative Border of Two Red Lobsters, 1912 (chromolithograph)
2622092 Decorative Border of Two Red Lobsters, 1912 (chromolithograph) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Young cook making fun of a kid pinched by a lobster - drawing by Chocarne-Moreau, 1900
LSE4089399 Young cook making fun of a kid pinched by a lobster - drawing by Chocarne-Moreau, 1900 by Chocarne-Moreau, Paul Charles (1855-1931); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Lobster, plum and pine branch, c. 1818 (colour woodblock print)
881053 Lobster, plum and pine branch, c.1818 (colour woodblock print) by GitAc, Shibata (1780-1819); 23.5x49.2 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; eMinneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Mr

Seafood and crustaceans
3433475 Seafood and crustaceans by Caro, Marco de (fl.1680); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy; (add.info)

H Humphrys, Fishmonger and Fruiterer, trade card (engraving)
731529 H Humphrys, Fishmonger and Fruiterer, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: H Humphrys, Fishmonger and Fruiterer, trade card)

British Fisheries, No 5, Crab and Lobster Shore (engraving)
2771770 British Fisheries, No 5, Crab and Lobster Shore (engraving) by Andrews, George Henry (1816-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Fisheries, No 5, Crab and Lobster Shore)

The Wreck Ashore (chromolitho)
2780183 The Wreck Ashore (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wreck Ashore. Illustration for Chatterbox (1896).); © Look and Learn

The Voice of the Lobster, from Alices Adventures in Wonderland
2657688 The Voice of the Lobster, from Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 98), published 1891 (engraving) by Tenniel

Sarreguemines cobalt blue ground wall cistern and basin, late 19th century (majolica)
CH440549 Sarreguemines cobalt blue ground wall cistern and basin, late 19th century (majolica) by French School, (19th century); height: 43.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Lobster
LLM458050 The Lobster by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lobster. Alice in Wonderland game cards; coloured by Gertrude Thomson; manufactured by Thomas de la Rue)

Undersea creatures, from a Manga (colour woodblock print)
MMT233975 Undersea creatures, from a Manga (colour woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: animaux marins; ); Japanese, out of copyright

Advertisement for Cough Sweets Z Homards, late nineteenth century
CHT237151 Advertisement for Cough Sweets Z Homards, late nineteenth century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Salads (chromolitho)
3649872 Salads (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salads. Illustration for Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management (Ward Lock)

Phyllosome, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999538 Phyllosome, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Still Life with Landscape, 1650s (oil on canvas)
1069782 Still Life with Landscape, 1650s (oil on canvas) by Beyeren, Abraham Hendricksz van (1620/1-91); 118.7x108 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; The Karl and Esther Hoblitzelle Collection

Pince! (Nipped!) (colour litho)
3098944 Pince! (Nipped!) (colour litho) by Chocarne-Moreau, Paul Charles (1855-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pince! (Nipped!)

A Hooded Crow and a Carrion Crow, 1924 (pencil and watercolour with touches of white
651835 A Hooded Crow and a Carrion Crow, 1924 (pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); 17.8x27.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Hercules Fights the Lernian Hydra, 1731 (engraving)
STC134108 Hercules Fights the Lernian Hydra, 1731 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

The Gourmand (oil on canvas)
BRM177101 The Gourmand (oil on canvas) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); 129x162 cm; Private Collection; French, out of copyright

The Fishermans Cave, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery (engraving)
5199139 The Fishermans Cave, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery (engraving) by Cooke, Edward William (1811-80) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fishermans Cave)

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"Lobster: A Delicacy of the Seas and a Timeless Culinary Icon" Indulge in the rich history and exquisite taste of lobster, as we dive into its captivating journey through time. From ancient Pompeii's Fish Mosaic to Roman seafood mosaics, this crustacean has been revered for centuries. Imagine yourself transported to the scenic shores of Beesands in Start Bay, Devon, where fishermen tirelessly cast their nets in pursuit of these prized creatures. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean in Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, lobsters thrive amidst picturesque coastal landscapes. Delve deeper into the world of lobsters with an X-ray glimpse into their intricate anatomy - a marvel that showcases their adaptability and resilience. As members of the vast crustacean family, they share kinship with other fascinating sea-dwellers. Traveling further westward to Rockport, Massachusetts, USA reveals boats gently swaying by Motif No. 1 - a charming scene that echoes lobster fishing traditions passed down through generations. Similarly nostalgic is Coverack harbour in St Keverne Cornwall during the late 1800s; it exudes timeless charm while reminding us of our enduring connection with this delectable delicacy. In San Francisco's Palace Hotel lies another significant chapter in lobster's story - Jules Harder emerges as an influential figure who elevated its culinary status through his mastery as a chef. Joseph Harrington immortalizes him on canvas with an oil painting from 1874. Venturing back to colder waters off Maine and Canada's Atlantic coast unveils bustling lobster boats dotting the horizon – testament to both livelihoods and sustainable practices that ensure future generations can relish this ocean treasure. Lastly but not leastly comes an unexpected encounter between two distinct creatures: Lobster V Hedgehog – capturing nature's whimsical encounters beneath tranquil waves or hidden crevices where surprises await at every turn.