Basil Smith: Leatherback Turtle Swimming

Artist: Basil Smith
1925 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1993
Image Size: 7 by 5.5 inches
Overall Size: 10 by 8.75 inches
Medium: Water Color on Hot Press Illustration Board

Able to achieve an amazing length of eight feet and a weight of one ton, the Leatherback is considered the largest of all turtles. This massive sea creature is capable of great bursts of speed underwater, but on land its bulk and flippers are a hindrance. Only the female ventures ashore to burrow out a nest and lay her eggs. Unlike other marine turtles, the Leatherback has a smooth sheet of skin covering its back in place of a shell.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover of the Vanuatu Leatherback Turtle stamp issued December 15, 1992.

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