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Collection Online as of August 15, 2026

A horizontally oriented watercolor features six shells of various shapes and colors scattered across an oval, emerald-green field. In the center, a large pink and brown speckled shell sits above green seaweed. To the left, a tall pointed brown shell and a blue-striped shell rest amidst red seaweed. To the right, a spotted brown shell and a tan shell appear. Script at the bottom right reads "Shells in Sea-weed."

Shells in Seaweed

1800s

Mary Altha Nims

(American, 1817–1907)
America
watercolor
Gift of Richard Seymour Bayham 1934.142
Location: Not on view
  • Henry S. Francis, “Water Colors Made by the ‘Theorem Method’ and Drawings”, The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 21, 1934, pp. 128-131, p. 135. www.jstor.org
  • 19th-Century American Drawings by Mary A. Nims. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 2, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Shells in Seaweed|url=false|author=Mary Altha Nims|year=1800s|access-date=15 August 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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