'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Recorder of London 1803-1822

Recorder of London 1803-1822

Rejected design of a poster to the book

two women gather wood in a forest clearing

London following their success on Sunday Night at the Palladium

'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Recorder of London 1803-1822Zoological studies of the Florida softshell turtle Apalone ferox. The freshwater turtle is shown in three figures: two showing the upper and lower body and a third showing the neck in its elongated position. Plate 19 from the book Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata by Johann David Schoepff (Erlangen, 1792). The illustration is inscribed below: 'Testudo ferox Pennant.' The plate has been trimmed for binding, resulting in the loss of artist