Basil Smith: Hawksbill Turtle

Artist: Basil Smith
1925 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1990
Image Size: 7 by 5.75 inches
Overall Size: 10 by 8.75 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

In the sun-warmed sand of Caribbean beaches, the female Hawksbill Turtle will lay as many as one hundred eggs, abandoning them to whatever fate that may follow. For two months, the eggs will incubate in the warm sun with the hatchlings finally breaking free from the leather-like eggs using their hawk-like beaks. While all of the eggs may hatch, only a very small percentage of these little turtles will reach maturity.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Commemorative Cover series for the United Nations Flora and Fauna of the World issued in 1990.

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