'Testudo coriacea' [Leatherback turtle] mb-artist Bernard_Walter_Evans Over this a gold tabard

Over this a gold tabard with fringed and jewelled skirt and shoulder sections

Two designs side by side

Graham Price

A view of the Royal Exchange

'Testudo coriacea' [Leatherback turtle] mb-artist Bernard_Walter_Evans Over this a gold tabardMarine zoological studies of the Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Three views showing the animal's upper and lower body, with a side view. Plate 29 from the book Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata by Johann David Schoepff (Erlangen, 1792). The illustration is inscribed below: 'Testudo coriacea L. Testudo tuberculata Penn.' The plate has been trimmed for binding, resulting in the loss of artist information Original: lithograph . 1792