Tortoise Collection (page 2)

Tortoise, 1885. From The National Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by Writers of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow, 1885]

Indefatigable Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

The Tortoise, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Neapolitan fisherman playing with a tortoise, 1833. Artist: Francois Rude
Neapolitan fisherman playing with a tortoise, 1833. Marble sculpture located in the collection at, Louvre, Paris

Interior of Temple Apet, Karnack, 1881. Artist: Weber M
Interior of Temple Apet, Karnack, 1881. Published in L Egypt by Gaston Maspero, 1881

Wall- hanging embroidered with Tortoise and Fish from Noin Ula, c1st century BC. Kuraan VI, Northern Mongolia. At Hermitage, Leningrad

Tortoise Brooch from a Viking Grave in Norway c10th-11th century. At University Historical Museum. Oslo

Orpheus, 1865. Artist: Gustave Moreau
Orpheus, 1865. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Giant Land Tortoises of the Galapagos Islands, 1884. Darwins study of the fauna of the Islands contributed to his theory of evolution. Wood engraving

Giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands which were observed by Darwin, 1894. In foreground are two Finches, another group of Galapagos fauna of which Darwin made a particular study

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