'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 1974 World Cup First Round

1974 World Cup First Round Group Two match at the Westfalenstadion

31st July 1950

London following their success on Sunday Night at the Palladium

two women gather wood in a forest clearing

Whittington's Library and the cloisters

'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 1974 World Cup First RoundZoological studies of the Florida softshell turtle Apalone ferox. The freshwater turtle is shown in three figures: two showing the upper and lower body and a third showing the neck in its elongated position. Plate 19 from the book Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata by Johann David Schoepff (Erlangen, 1792). The illustration is inscribed below: 'Testudo ferox Pennant.' The plate has been trimmed for binding, resulting in the loss of artist