Crab Collection (page 10)

Catching a crab
Young boy and girl on the beach studying the crab caught in their net. Artist: Susan Beatrice Pearse Date: circa 1912

SUF. TURE 242 f. 14v Cancer
EDI42299 SUF.TURE 242 f.14v Cancer by Ottoman School, (16th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; Turkish, out of copyright

Still Life, 1643 (oil on panel)
487810 Still Life, 1643 (oil on panel) by Claesz, Pieter (1597-1660); 68.9x88.3 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; eMinneapolis Institute of Art; The Eldridge C

The Stream Oceanus (pen & brown ink with wash on paper)
829839 The Stream Oceanus (pen & brown ink with wash on paper) by Romano, Giulio (1492-1546); 29x43.7 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info.: A design for a metal dish)

Still life (ink on paper)
AME119037 Still life (ink on paper) by Qipei, Gao (1672-1734); 28.7x636 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: reverse of 119036; ); eAshmolean Museum; Chinese, out of copyright

Still Life with Dead Fish and Game (oil on canvas)
LMG140055 Still Life with Dead Fish and Game (oil on canvas) by Recco, Giuseppe (1634-95); 94x134.6 cm; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds Art Gallery) U.K.; eLeeds Museums and Galleries; Italian

Constellation of Libra, plate 7 from Atlas Coelestis
STC182248 Constellation of Libra, plate 7 from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), published in 1729 (hand coloured engraving) by Thornhill

Constellation of Gemini with Canis Minor, plate 13 from Atlas Coelestis
STC182242 Constellation of Gemini with Canis Minor, plate 13 from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), published 1729 (hand coloured engraving) by Thornhill

On the Beach, 1880
BAL86108 On the Beach, 1880 by Heuffer, Catherine (1852-1927); Private Collection; Roy Miles Fine Paintings; English, out of copyright

Rubble crab or horrid parthenope, Parthenope horrida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Homola barbata crab (Spiny-fronted homola, Homola spinifrons). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus (Sowerbean limulus, Limulus sowerbii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Gouty lissa crab, Lissa chiragra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815

Knot-legged pisa crab, Pisa nodipes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815

Rissos doclea crab, Doclea rissonii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815

Phalangipus indicus crab (Indian egeria, Egeria indica, Egeria indicus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Eastern Atlantic arrow crab, Stenorhynchus lanceolatus (Boscs pactolus, Pactolus boscii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Yellowline arrow crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis (Dart-bearing leptopodia, Leptopodia sagittaria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Forceps crab, Lupella forceps (Slender-fingered lupa, Lupa forceps). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Carolina ammothea, Ammothea carolinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1814

Sentinel crab, Podophthalmus vigil
Sentinel crab or common podophthalmus, Podophthalmus vigil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Portly spider crab or notched libinia, Libinia emarginata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata (Polished thia, Thia polita). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Red-spotted box crab, Calappa calappa
Smooth or red-spotted box crab, Calappa calappa (Calappa lophos). Handcoloured steel engraving by A. Scipp from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Limula moluccanus). Ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Norway king crab or northern stone crab, Lithodes maja. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

The Path of the Sun through the stars on the night of the 4th July 1442, detail of Gemini and Cancer
ALI234516 The Path of the Sun through the stars on the night of the 4th July 1442, detail of Gemini and Cancer, from the soffit above the altar, c.1430 (fresco) (detail of 85088) by Pesello

Jewel beetles, scarlet cantharis, and hermit crab
Jewel beetles, Buprestis ocellata, scarlet cantharis, and common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus (Cancer bernardus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods

Coconut crab, Birgus latro. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Vaillant from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Blue swimming crab, Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Fiddler crab, Uca tangeri (Uka crab, Cancer uka). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Horrid elbow crab, Daldorfia horrida (Crested crab, Cancer cristatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium (slender legged crab, Cancer phalangium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Slipper lobster, Scyllarus arctus (Oval-tailed crab, Cancer scyllarus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Skeleton shrimp, Caprella linearis (Linear crab, Cancer linearis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Giant crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria (American tarantula spider, Aranea venatoria) and nest with trapdoor. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Red-eyed rock crab, Eriphia sebana (Seban crab, Cancer sebanus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

A Still Life with an Earthenware Jug and Hare (oil on panel)
RAF228141 A Still Life with an Earthenware Jug and Hare (oil on panel) by Steenwyck, Harmen van (1612-56); 84.5x118.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Dutch

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola, and black swan, Cygnus atratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola (Abyssinian erody, Ardea pondiceriana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Box crabs, floral egg crab and hermit crabs
Box crab, Calappa hepatica 1, giant box crab, Calappa calappa 2, floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus 3, Diogenes hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator 4, 5, and soldier crab, Pagurus bernhardus 6

Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, and lobster, Homarus gammarus (Ecrevisse moluque, Monoculus polyphemus, and le homard, Astacus marinus). From the collection of G.W. Knorr

Northern stone crab, Lithodes maja 1, and brown crab, Cancer pagurus 2 (Crab epineuse, Cancer spinosus, and ecrevisse a coque unie, Brachyurus laevis)

Crab eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus
Crab eating raccoon, black variety, Procyon cancrivorus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh

Still Life with Shellfish and Eggs (oil on panel)
TW426565 Still Life with Shellfish and Eggs (oil on panel) by Flegel, Georg (1566-1638); 56.8x103.5 cm; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; German

Horseshoe crabs, extinct sea scorpions and trilobites
Aspidonia: horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas 1-3, extinct sea scorpion, Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus 4, extinct sea scorpion, Pterygotus anglicus 5, and extinct fossil trilobites, Onnia goldfussi 6

Phyllosoma larval stage of a spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Phyllosome. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Peacocks tail algae and hermit crabs
Peacocks tail algae, Padina pavonica 1, common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus 2, blue-eyed hermit crab, Paragiopagurus diogenes 3, and Pagurus alatus 4. Padine, Pagures

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of the Crab: From Tarot Card 18 to Giant Robbers and Red Swimmers" In the realm of symbolism, Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon) reveals a hidden world where secrets reside. Just like this enigmatic card, crabs too hold their own mysteries. Picture a Coconut Crab perched on a palm tree in the Indian Ocean, its massive size and unique appearance captivating our imagination. This crustacean, known as Birgus Latro, is truly a giant robber of attention. But crabs come in various forms across different landscapes. In Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA, we find the intriguing Horseshoe Crab lurking beneath shallow waters. Its ancient lineage takes us back millions of years to witness its resilience through time. Venturing further into Djibouti's waters lies the vibrant Red Swimming Crab. With its fiery hue contrasting against azure waves, it symbolizes passion and vitality amidst an oceanic backdrop. Meanwhile, Japan introduces us to another colossal creature – the Giant Japanese Spider Crab. Towering over other marine lifeforms with long spindly legs and intricate patterns adorning its shell; it embodies strength and adaptability. On Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean (Australian Territory), we encounter a solitary Red Crab strolling along sandy shores during sunset—a mesmerizing sight that evokes tranquility and solitude. Delving into history brings forth an exquisite Aquarium Chromolithograph from 1895 showcasing these captivating creatures in all their glory—reminding us how they have fascinated humans for centuries. And just like Alice falling into Wonderland's Pool of Tears, we are transported into an enchanting world where Lobsters, Crabs & Friends gather for whimsical adventures undersea—where anything seems possible.