Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9856
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
‘Chelonia’ [turtles, tortoises and terrapins]
Date
1899
Creator
Adolf Giltsch (1852 - 1911, German) , Lithographer
After
Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919, German) , Biologist
Object type
Library reference
42553
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 357mm
width (print): 279mm
width (print): 279mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of eight reptile specimens, set within a composite landscape with underwater views:
1 Dermatochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle); 2 Caretta imbricate (Hawksbill turtle); 3 Hydromeda tectifera (Snake-necked turtle); 4 Chelys fimbriata (Mata mata turtle); 5 Testudo geometrica (Geometrical or star tortoise); 6 Testudo elephantine (Giant land tortoise); 7 Chelydra serpentine (Snapping turtle).
Plate 89 from Kunstformen der natur by Ernst Haeckel (Leipzig, Wien, Bibliographische Institut, 1899-1904).
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919), German zoologist, naturalist and eugenicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
1 Dermatochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle); 2 Caretta imbricate (Hawksbill turtle); 3 Hydromeda tectifera (Snake-necked turtle); 4 Chelys fimbriata (Mata mata turtle); 5 Testudo geometrica (Geometrical or star tortoise); 6 Testudo elephantine (Giant land tortoise); 7 Chelydra serpentine (Snapping turtle).
Plate 89 from Kunstformen der natur by Ernst Haeckel (Leipzig, Wien, Bibliographische Institut, 1899-1904).
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919), German zoologist, naturalist and eugenicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Associated place