Shell Collection

The War of the Worlds
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS A Martian fighting-machine is destroyed by a hit from a shell

The Scallop sculpture by Maggie Hambling on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

5f electron orbitals, cubic set, computer model. An electron orbital is a region around an atomic nucleus (not seen) in which one or a pair of electrons is most likely to exist

Two frogs fighting over a snail on a Christmas card -- Heads I win, tails you lose. Date: circa 1890s

Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Creator: James Prinsep Beadle
Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930)

The Vale of Aylesbury, 1933. Artist: Rex Whistler
The Vale of Aylesbury, 1933. This painting was used by Shell in the 1930s for an advertsing campaign. Painting housed at Upton House. From The Studio Volume 108

Fossil ammonite- Desmoceras spp
CAN-3851 Fossil ammonite Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian Stage - Mahajanga Province - Madagascar - Under UV light Desmoceras spp

El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, scallop shells and walking sticks, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Fossil ammonite- Desmoceras spp
CAN-3850 Fossil ammonite Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian Stage - Mahajanga Province - Madagascar Desmoceras spp

Coldstreamers in a Great charge by the guards on the Somme
On 15th September 1916, Guards including the Coldstreamers, Grenadiers and the Irish, captured Martinpuich, formerly in German hands and Courcelette and over 2300 prisoners. 15th September 1916

Lobster, X-ray
Lobster. Coloured X-ray of a common lobster (Homarus gammarus). This is a marine scavenger that inhabits the cool waters of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is valued for its flesh

USA, Louisiana, Lake Martin. Two nine-banded armadillo young. Credit as: Cathy & Gordon Illg / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Seashells on Sanibel Island, Florida. shells, seashells, sanibel island, florida, u
Seashells on Sanibel Island, Florida

Ammonite fossil. Ammonites are extinct marine invertebrates

At the Front - World War One recruitment poster
Recruitment poster during World War I featuring a dramatic picture of horses pulling guns rearing up in fright at a shell explosion just a few feet away

Lambretta Innocenti scooter in the old alley, Morbegno, province of Sondrio, Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy

Red House Restaurant and Donald Healey's Garage
The Red House Restaurant and Donald Healey's Garage with a fully laden charabanc AF 3771 outside and three other vehicles including a small sports car and two motor bikes

Cleopatras Needle and Shell Mex House, London. Date: circa 1940

British Guns dash through French town
A British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings

Engraving of a nautilus and an ammonite. The nautilus is one of the species of marine cephalopods of the family Nautilidae

The Scallop sculpture by Maggie Hambling on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shellfish stall in Les Halles, Paris, France
Adults and children at a shellfish stall in Les Halles, in Paris, France

RUPERT BROOKE (1887-1915). English poet. Photographed, 1913, by Sherill Shell

Keens Mustard Advert
Advertisement for Keens mustard which feature two sailors carrying a giant tin

Rifle Brigade in position, Western Front - WWI
The First Battalion of the British Rifle Brigade in position close to the German trenches under shell fire - WWI. Date: circa 1915

Rejected by the inventions board
" Rejected by the inventions board

Light echoes from exploding star
Light echoes from an exploding star. Hubble Space Telescope image of an illuminated dust shell around the star v838 Monocerotis

Nuclear Fission Artwork
Nuclear fission. Conceptual computer artwork of an atom being split through nuclear, or atomic, fission (splitting)

The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Captain Bairnsfathers first meeting with Old Bill, WW1
This historic incident took place during the first battle of Ypres, but the Censor held stern views about battle pictures in those days

WWI - Battle of Champagne - Spent shell casings
WWI - Spent shell cases from just one battery after the first day of the Battle of Champagne (25th-30th September 1915) Date: 1915

Blue Jay, by John James Audubon
Blue Jay, Corvus Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

British soldiers rescuing horse from ditch, Flanders, WW1
British soldiers trying to rescue a horse which has fallen into a ditch, blown by the force from a bursting shell, on the road to Reutel, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Acrosphaera radiolarian, SEM
Acrosphaera radiolarian. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the shell of a Acrosphaera sp. radiolarian. Radiolaria are single-celled protozoans that are found in marine plankton

Helix nebula, infrared Spitzer image
Helix nebula (NGC 7293), infrared Spitzer Space Telescope image. This is a planetary nebula, a series of shells of gas cast off by a dying star

Julia fractal. Computer-generated image derived form a Julia Set

Calcareous phytoplankton, SEM
Calcareous phytoplankton. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the external mineralised structures (coccospheres) of small marine algal organisms called coccolithophores

Atomic structure, artwork
Atomic structure. Computer artwork of electrons orbiting a central nucleus. This is a classical schematic Bohr model of an atom

VIETNAM WAR: ARTILLERY. An American artilleryman discards a spent shell casing, ejected from a 105mm Howitzer in the central highlands of South Vietnam, March 1967

Cone Shell - deadly poisonous mollusc. Tropical marine
PM-10480 Cone Shell - deadly poisonous mollusc Tropical marine Conus sp. venomous Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Swindon Works War Work, 22nd January 1942
Female worker machining a 25 PDR shell on 22 January 1942. Munitions work issued by Ministry of Supply

Fossil Ammonite - Cleoniceras sp. - Cretaceous - Madagascar
CAN-3844 Fossil Ammonite Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian stage - Mahajanga province - Madagascar - cross-section Cleoniceras sp

Helix nebula, planetary nebula
Helix nebula (NGC 7293), optical image. This is a planetary nebula, a series of shells of gas cast off from a Sun-like star towards the end of its life

Shells - x-ray
PM-7161 SHELLS - X-RAY Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: + 44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Sanibel Island, famous for the millions of shells that wash up on its beaches, Florida, USA

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Janthina violacea, violet snail
Watercolour 398 by Thomas Watling, entitled Boala, from the Watling Collection

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) resting on the seabed. This turtle is found in warm tropical waters

Helix nebula, HST image
Helix Nebula. Hubble Space Telescope image of the Helix planetary nebula (NGC 7293). This comprises shells of gas cast off a Sun-like star near the end of its life

Chick with an egg shell - UK
DAC-147 Chick with an egg shell UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Oyster Shell With artificial pearl
FEU-462 Oyster Shell With artificial pearl Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Kelloways Stone

Northern Scandinavian girl in traditional costume, lisening to the sound of the sea in a conch shell. Possibly a young member of the Sami People. circa 1910s

Ammonite fossil, SEM
Ammonite fossil, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Ammonites were invertebrates and lived in the sea. They were molluscs that formed a spiral shell to protect their soft body

Three turtles swimming underwater. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Scallop shells on a water fountain, on the Camino de Santiago, Spain, Europe

Four oyster shells, seen from different angles

Lobster, X-ray
Lobster. Coloured X-ray of a common lobster (Homarus gammarus). This is a marine scavenger that inhabits the cool waters of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is valued for its flesh

Hermanns Tortoise ROG 7049 Testudo hermanni - Adult
ROG-7049 Hermanns Tortoise Adult. Maouis, France Testudo hermanni Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Caribbean woman holding conch shell and pouring water on self
Caribbean woman holding conch shell

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

Achatinella sp. Oahu tree snails

The Great Hall Norwich, 1942 a42_03739
The Great Hall, Oak Street, Norwich, Norfolk. The interior of a first floor room in The Great Hall at Flowerpot Yard showing bomb damage

Oak Street Norwich, 1942 a42_03736
Oak Street, Norwich, Norfolk. The houses at 110 to 98 Oak Street showing bomb damage

Ammonite fossil
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Denticulate rock oyster, Striostrea denticulata (Denticulated oyster, Ostrea denticulata). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

The Dud Shell, by Bairnsfather
The Dud Shell - -Or the Fuse Top Collector " Give it a good ard it Bert, you can generally ear em fizzin a bit first if they are a-goin to explode" 1916

Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole)

Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1
Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine

German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis
The fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell

Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie Star
Stacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920

Clam, mussel, oyster, scallop, etc
Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten

The Great Hall Norwich, 1942 a42_03738
The Great Hall, Oak Street, Norwich, Norfolk. The south elevation of The Great Hall at Flowerpot Yard showing bomb damage

Horsefair Birmingham, 1941 a42_00440
Colonial Buildings, 7 Horsefair, Ladywood, Birmingham. The premises of the Birmingham Tube and Fittings Company Limited on the corner of Horsefair and Windmill Street

Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) resting on top of the two halves of an old clam shell on the sandy seabed

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Palau Nautilus (Nautilus belauensis), Palau, Micronesia, Pacific

USA, Wyoming, Shell, Horses in the Cold, PR

Everglade Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus), pulling out flesh from the shell of a snail

Illustration of dinosaur hatching from egg

Birth of Venus, 1863 (oil on canvas)
XIR21565 Birth of Venus, 1863 (oil on canvas) by Cabanel, Alexandre (1823-89); 130x225 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania
The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in

Foraminifera, SEM
Foraminifera. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a selection of foraminiferans, including Oolina hexagona (bottom right) and a number of Lagena sp

Argonauta hians, brown paper nautilus
A pair of brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians). This delicate-shelled cephalopod is distributed in warm seas globally

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"Discovering the Beauty: A Journey Through Shells" Embark on a captivating journey through time and space as we explore the diverse world of shells. From the haunting echoes of war to serene pilgrimages, from stunning seashores to intricate fossils, these shells hold stories that transcend generations. In "Attack of the Ulster Division, " James Prinsep Beadle captures a moment frozen in history, where brave soldiers faced their fears amidst exploding shells on 1 July 1916. The intensity and sacrifice are etched into each shell's surface. El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela takes us on a spiritual expedition where countless footsteps have left an indelible mark. Amongst worn-out shoes lie delicate seashells, symbolizing guidance and protection for weary travelers seeking solace in their pilgrimage. Rex Whistler's masterpiece "The Vale of Aylesbury" transports us to idyllic landscapes adorned with vibrant shells scattered along sandy shores. Each shell whispers tales of hidden treasures waiting to be discovered by curious wanderers. Sanibel Island in Florida unveils its mesmerizing collection of seashells, glistening under the sun's warm embrace. Here, nature showcases its artistic prowess through intricate patterns and colors adorning each unique shell—a testament to life's infinite creativity. Witness British Guns dashing through a French town during wartime—an image that encapsulates both destruction and resilience. Amidst chaos, fragments of shells serve as reminders that even in darkness, hope can emerge like shards reflecting light. Travel back millions of years with fossil ammonites from Madagascar—Desmoceras spp. —a glimpse into prehistoric times when these ancient creatures roamed our planet’s oceans. Under UV light, these petrified remains come alive with phosphorescent hues—a vivid reminder of Earth’s ever-changing tapestry. A Lambretta Innocenti scooter parked gracefully in Morbegno's old alley, Valtellina, evokes a sense of nostalgia and simplicity.