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52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 31: John Anderson’s tortoises and turtles

These beautiful hand-painted pictures of tortoises and turtles were created by Scottish naturalist John Anderson (1833-1900). They feature reptiles found in India, Ceylon and Burma, including the Indian star tortoise,…

Date
21 January 2013
Category
Archives illustrations Manuscript Collection

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