Sunday Safari - Turtle Travels

David Klein, study in cut acetate for a late 60s campaign by

First National City Bank of New York, thanks to Matt Hinrichs. 

The print can be found here.

Yusuke Yonezu, Kame

"In the beginning
there was a great tortoise
who supported the world.
Upon him
All ultimately
rests.
Without him
nothing will stand.
He is all wise
and can outrun the hare.
In the night
his eyes carry him
to unknown places.
He is your friend."

from The Turtle, 

by William Carlos Wiliams

 Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson, Tortoise

Ralph Kiggell, Orange turtle woodblock, thanks to JennWarburt

 Robert McCauley, thanks to Dark Silence in Suburbia

  Francisco Toledo, Turtle laying eggs

Velasco Vitali, Testuggine

 Ben Shahn, from The Sorrows of Priapus, 1957, thanks to Scott Lindberg

Saverio Polloni, Testudines, detail

  Stephen Alcorn, The Turtle relief-block print, 1988

Facundo Huidobro

 Sebastiano Ranchetti at Popdesign, Green Turtle 

Julia Kisselmann, Into the Sea, 

thanks again to the amazing Tumblr of Dark Silence in Suburbia