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Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)Lord Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, riding on the back of a giant tortoise
Giant tortoises at Tring ParkIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
Giant tortoise being fed at Tring ParkIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897
Transporting Giant tortoisesIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
Geochelone elephantopus, giant tortoise
Sopa, giant tortoise, 1933The Zoos oldest inhabitant - Sopa the 150 year old giant tortoise - has died, a victim of influenza. Photo and caption by Central News, 2nd Feb 1933
Various carved specimensA collection of carved specimens including ivory, coral, shell, jet & tortoise shell. A collection of carved specimens including ivory, coral, shell, jet & tortoise shell
Testudo abingdonii, Galapagos IslandsIllustration (p.397) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill turtleGeorge Forster illustration of Hawksbill turtle. Plate 169
Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of GeorgiaDrawing 46 (Ewan 24) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Tortoise and armadillo comparisonA really strange picture, reminds me of 1960s New York art
Mounted tortoise specimenPhotograph of a mounted tortoise specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Stylemys nebrascensis, tortoise carapaceDepicted here is the carapace or shell of the Oligocene tortoise (Stylemys nebrascensis). Specimen originates from Western U.S.A
Testudo graeca, spur-thighed tortoisePhotograph of what is probably a spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) specimen collected by Gilbert White (1720-93)