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                                 Image number: RS.9772
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            North American Box Turtle
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                                1832-1836
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                J. D. C. Sowerby, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                After
                            
                            
                                Edward Lear (1812 - 1888, British) , Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Library reference
                            
                            
                                27345
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 280mm
width (print): 377mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 377mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Study of the North American Box Turtle (Terrapene clausa Merrem). Illustration from A Monograph of the Testudinata by Thomas Bell FRS (London, 1832–6).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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