Description

from where the Endeavour expedition astronomers observed the Transit of Venus on 3 June 1769

one old and sleeping

Bird's-eye view of Christ's Hospital as it was in 1720

Watermarked 'W Turner & Son'

'Violet-winged phasma' [Spur-legged stick insect] Size:Large: 7 x 5in from where the Endeavour expeditionEntomological studies of the Spur legged stick insect Didymuria violescens, an insect native to Australia. Plate 9 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). T The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd. P. Nodder Feby 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. Original:

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