Description

tribus petalis longis angustis obscure purpureis

Depiction of a hunting trip on 28 April 1830

to form a government

View of Temple Church with three figures outside

Fossil sea turtle "Chelone pulchriceps" Size:Large: 17.8 x 12.7cm tribus petalis longis angustis obscureUnderside view of the fossil head of a sea turtle named by Richard Owen FRS (1804 1892) in 1842. Inscribed below in ink: "Chelone pulchriceps. Owen. No. 2. the under part." Not signed or dated. The Rev. Thomas Image, Rector of Whepstead, was a fossil collector and Fellow of the Geological Society. His collection was sold to the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. From papers of the naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose (1790 1872). Original:

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