Virginia Gallery

Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata. Critically

Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata. Critically endangered. Testudo coui. Testuggine coui. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century

© Florilegius

Panorama of Richmond, Virginia after capture by Federals

Panorama of the city of Richmond, Virginia (the top engraving joins with the lower one, end to end) in April 1865 when it was entered by Federal troops after the Confederacy had evacuated the city, its former capital. The Confederate army accompanied its retreat by acts of incendiarism, causing the destruction of many offices, factories, shops and houses

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

University of Virginia, Charlottesville - Lawn and Rotunda

The Lawn (part of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village) at the University of Virginia, a masterpiece of Palladian architecture, with The Rotunda as the focal point at the north end of the site. The inset engraving on the left depicts the Storming of the Redoubts during the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, whilst the inset on the right depicts the surrender of Cornwallis which ended the Siege. Date: circa 1820s

© Mary Evans Picture Library