Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10121
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Asiatic softshell turtle
Date
1770
Creator
F. de Bakker (Dutch) , Engraver
After
Gerrit Dadelbeek (1731 - 1781, Dutch) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X313
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 298mm
width (print): 468mm
width (print): 468mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of the Asiatic softshell turtle, or black rayed softshell turtle, here styled Testudine cartilaginea, now, Amyda cartilaginea. This semi-aquatic freshwater reptile is native to Southeast Asia. Two views, back and underside.
Plate from the monograph Brief van Pieter Boddaert...Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving...van den Kraakbeenige schildpad... (Amsterdam 1770). Inscribed: “III Br. G. Dadelbeek pinxit. F.de Bakker fecit.”
Pieter Boedaert (1730 or 1733-1795) was a Dutch physician and naturalist.
Plate from the monograph Brief van Pieter Boddaert...Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving...van den Kraakbeenige schildpad... (Amsterdam 1770). Inscribed: “III Br. G. Dadelbeek pinxit. F.de Bakker fecit.”
Pieter Boedaert (1730 or 1733-1795) was a Dutch physician and naturalist.
Associated place