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  • Above, the head of a coriaceous turtle; middle, a coriaceous turtle seen from above; below, the turtle seen from the side. Engraving by Heath.
  • Pond turtle (Emydidae) eye
  • A loggerhead turtle. Etching.
  • Above, a loggerhead turtle viewed from above; below, a loggerhead turtle viewed from below. Etching by Hill.
  • Above, an imbricated turtle viewed from above; below, an imbricated turtle viewed from the side. Etching by Hill.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • The skeleton of a turtle seen from below. Etching.
  • The main internal organs of a turtle. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Vishnu in his incarnation as Kurma the turtle. Engraving, 1672.
  • A green turtle swimming in the water. Etching by Heath.
  • A loggerhead turtle seen from above and below. Etching by Heath.
  • Above, a land tortoise; below, a turtle. Etching by Oudet after P.L. Oudart.
  • Skeleton and shell of a turtle, seen from below. Line engraving by Mutlow (?) after S. Edwards (?), 1809.
  • Skeleton and shell of a turtle, seen from below. Line engraving by Mutlow (?) after S. Edwards (?), 1809.
  • Amputated right tibia of a giant sea turtle archelon Ischyros; from Pierre Cretaceous of the South Fork, Cheyenne, South Dakota
  • Brain of a turtle: figure showing a dissection of the brain. Watercolour and ink with pencil, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, ca. 1905.
  • Job rides on a turtle in front of his wife, his comforters and the devil. Engraving by D.V. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck, 1559.
  • A Chinese holy man is carried by a turtle across the river, while passers-by look on, astonished. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Skeletons of various reptiles: seven figures, illustrating the skeletons of an alligator, a turtle, a python, a rattlesnake, a frog, an iguana and a chameleon. Line engraving, 1830/1870?.
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • A seventeenth-century German apothecary's shop with ornate pharmacy jars, large metal mortars and a stuffed turtle hanging from the ceiling; recreated for the German National Museum in Nuremberg. Photograph by Christof Müller.