Microscopic views of a snail's teeth, silk-worm's egg and vinegar eels mb-artistname IR Smith 7th May 1983

7th May 1983

as appeared upon opening the body of one Mr

The cartoon relates to the postponement by Kay of the Lord Mayor's show for fear of anti-Wellington riots

with vessels on the water

Microscopic views of a snail's teeth, silk-worm's egg and vinegar eels mb-artistname IR Smith 7th May 1983Illustrations showing microscopic views of: a snail's teeth (Fig. 1); a silk worm's egg (Fig. 2); vinegar eels (Fig. 3). Schem. XXV from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665