Frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's 'The History of the Royal Society' Size:M: 50 x 40cm South-west view of St Leonard

South-west view of St Leonard

Inscribed in ink: 'Capsicum fructu oblongo rugosa apice recurvo rubro

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Interior of St Clement Danes Church

Frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's 'The History of the Royal Society' Size:M: 50 x 40cm South-west view of St LeonardFrontispiece to The history of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, by Thomas Sprat (printed by T. R. for J. Martyn, London, 1667). This key piece of iconography for the early Royal Society includes central portraits of the first President, William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620 1684) and Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 1626, with a bust of the Society's first Patron, King Charles II. An angel is shown placing