The Logger-head Turtle (Testudo Cavanna)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

This is a drawing of a turtle. The image shows a turtle with a detailed texture of its shell and skin, positioned horizontally across the middle of the composition. The turtle appears to be swimming or floating in a textured blue surface representing water. Below the water, there is the text "Testudo &c." printed in fine script. The drawing emphasizes the turtle's features, such as its segmented limbs, scaly body, and shell patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.5 × 35.1 cm (10 1/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.8 × 51.3 cm (14 1/8 × 20 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1967.10.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 40

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Wikidata ID

Q65511190

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