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1959 The Sea Shore Marine Life Antique Print - Blue-rayed Limpet & Flat Periwinkles on Serrated Wrack - 5 x 8.25 in
1959 marine life print from 'The New Naturalist The Sea Shore' by C.M.Tonge with photographs by D.P. Wilson and others.
Plate 19. Two photographs by D.P.Wilson. Image (19a) displays eggs on what appears to be seaweed or Tangle-weed fronds, with distinctive light brown eggs marked with darker stripes. Image (19b) captures a Blue-rayed Limpet on rock, with its shell and extended tentacles clearly visible.
Plate 20 by D.P. Wilson. Flat Periwinkles clinging to Serrated Wrack seaweed, their orange-brown shells contrasting against the green serrated-edged seaweed growing on rocky surfaces.
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**Background**
Sourced from The New Naturalist The Sea Shore by C.M. Yonge, Regius professor of zoology in the University of Glasgow, published 1959 by Readers Union Collins. D. P. Wilson was a pioneering underwater photographer who developed specialized techniques for capturing marine life in their natural environments, often working in challenging conditions to document these rarely-seen underwater worlds.
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**Condition:** Good. Consistent with age.
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This original sea life print dates from the Mid 20th Century (1950s). Vintage prints capture the aesthetic sensibilities of their era with distinctive artistic styles.
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