A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliata

callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliata to name just a handful

An entry made in the 1790s in the records of the Lancaster furniture maker's Gillows

Painted in oils on board

lion trainer Jules Jacot and noted elephant historian Chang Reynolds

once flown proudly on English streets

A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliataOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Possibly Collected by Anne Lucas Hakewill b. 1805 Date: The Specimens Collected from 1849 1862 Width: 9 inches Height: 12 inches Enclosing one hundred and one individual specimens of seaweed and algae from the British Isles, collected in the middle of the nineteenth century, and bound within a marbled moir and calf leather covered album. The album is accompanied by an extract from Country Life