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Porcupine in Color[1]-2bu9vsc

Two views of the elliptical surface of the brass stamp, viewed straight on. Engraved into the surface is a porcupine surrounded by grass and short shrubs with the phrase “TOUCH ME WHO DARE” arched above it. The first of these two views shows the letters backwards and the porcupine, in profile, oriented to the viewer’s left. The second has been digitally edited to flip the image so that the letters read from left to right and the porcupine oriented to the viewer’s right. This view represents how the image and text would look once the stamp had been applied to sealing wax.



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