[A Turtle On a Beach] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Turtle On a Beach]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A turtle wades up upon a beach, its limbs, head, and neck protruding from the shell. In the background, five birds fly off into the horizon. The image is occasioned because Sancho will attach a shield to either side of his person in Barataria and be likened to a turtle.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27056
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_27056_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Turtles; Behavior; Birds; Spain