'Chelonia olivacea' [Olive Ridley sea turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Tony 'Charlie' Faulkner

Tony 'Charlie' Faulkner

The rural labourer doffs his hat to the upper class rider who is preparing to set off with the Hunt

Inscribed above : 'David pinxt

They are keen judges of the livestock offered and much bargaining is done

'Chelonia olivacea' [Olive Ridley sea turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Tony 'Charlie' FaulknerMarine zoological study of the Olive Ridley sea turtle (Chelonia olivacea) seen from above. Plate 3 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed '5 7 E. Bomer del. J. Gumpel jun. Sc. Chelonia olivacea.' Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793 1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist,