Seashell Carriage

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A mouse hauls a scallop shell across a sand dune along the seashore, heading toward a burrow entrance

Next she hitched the mouse to a seashell for a carriage.

Artist

Name:: Elliott, John
Dates:: 1859-1925
Countries:: UK, US

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The great sea horse
Author:: Anderson, Isabel
Publisher:: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1909
Open Library:: View record

Description:

A mouse hauls a scallop shell across a sand dune along the seashore, heading toward a burrow entrance.
This picture is an illustration for the story, Betty and the Sea-Fairy.

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{{cite web | title=Seashell Carriage | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mouse-seashell/ | author=Elliott, John | year=1909 | access-date=July 28, 2026 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}