Auguste Baudon 

This composition brings together several shells depicted with marked morphological precision. The drawing combines pen work, used to clearly define contours and structural features, with watercolour and brown wash highlights that convey volume, texture, and surface variations. This type of representation is consistent with the common practices of nineteenth-century malacologists, who produced handwritten or watercoloured drawings to document their observations, either as a complement to scientific notes or in preparation for publication.Read more