Description:

Detail from painting View of the Avon, by Samual Jackson showing turtles being unloaded from a small rowing boat. The rowing boat is being used to unload a ship on the River Avon near Bristol. Turtles were used as weights to help balance the ships. Then they would be sold and used for their meat or precious shell.

Creator: Samual Jackson

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:K4