Fossil sea turtle "Chelone pulchriceps" mb-artistname William Bond St Mary's Chapel

St Mary's Chapel

Chelsea Chapel

Showing cargo being unloaded at the riverside

Above the image are the words Glorious news from the expedition

Two women carrying baskets of 'Rare Meltin' and 'Stewing' oysters on their heads

Fossil sea turtle "Chelone pulchriceps" mb-artistname William Bond St Mary's ChapelUnderside view of the fossil head of a sea turtle named by Richard Owen FRS (1804 1892) in 1842. Inscribed below in ink: "Chelone pulchriceps. Owen. No. 2. the under part." Not signed or dated. The Rev. Thomas Image, Rector of Whepstead, was a fossil collector and Fellow of the Geological Society. His collection was sold to the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. From papers of the naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose (1790 1872). Original: