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VISUAL DESCRIPTION
This is a historical scientific illustration featuring two muscle specimens, each with an attached shell or bivalve. The muscles are displayed on a beige background and are annotated in cursive handwriting, indicating the nature of the specimens. Each muscle appears to have been carefully dissected to show how the shells adhere to their surface. On the left side of the image, there's a label "No 2" written above one specimen which has a pale blue shell with concentric ridges attached centrally. On the right side, labeled "No 3, " there is another similar muscle tissue with what looks like an off-white or cream-colored shell that has partially broken edges. Below these specimens is another smaller shell fragment labeled "Byssus. " This term refers to strong filaments secreted by certain types of mollusks like mussels, used for attachment to substrates. At the bottom center of this mounted piece is handwritten text that seems inverted and possibly says "natural size enlarged, " suggesting that these illustrations may represent an enlargement from their actual size for detailed study purposes. The overall presentation suggests this illustration was created for educational or research documentation in natural history or marine biology during a time when hand-drawn illustrations were common practice in scientific studies before modern photography became widespread.
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