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Book illustration for Gilbert White\'s \'Selborne\'. Stylised wood engraving. In the upper half is a snake with open jaws revealing a forked tongue and fangs. In the lower half is a tortoise with a shell and claws. The image is surrounded by a patterned border with leaves on the left extending into the image. Paper has the watermark \'+N\'[?], a monogram
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Aberystwyth
Title
Snake and Tortoise
Date
1930
Medium
Wood engraving in black on white laid paper
Accession number
PR1533
Work type
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
School of Art, Museum & Gallery, Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1NG Wales
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