'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Frontispiece to The complete English

Frontispiece to The complete English physician

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two women gather wood in a forest clearing

Recorder of London 1803-1822

'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Frontispiece to The complete EnglishZoological 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