Lithograph, old -colored, from 1840, title "Egg -laying turtle on the banks of Orinoko" (Venezuela), format 16 x 21 cm. The sheet comes from "Complete Völker gallery in faithful illustrations of all nations", by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meißen. However, the graphic commissioned Maximilian Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied, shown in his band "Travel to Brazil". There he also describes the consumption of turtles and their Eggs. Cross connection under "Search: Wied-Neuwied or Bodmer". [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Graphics   |   Material: Papier   |   Country of origin: Saxony, Germany   |   Artist: Friedrich W. Goedsche | Similar pieces