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the handle and pommel in the shape of a bird's head
the River Thames and All Saints Church
View of cottages and figures in the Vale of Health
pictured with David Wilkie
Erected in 1818 during the mayoralty of Christopher Smith
Freshwater hydra Finish:Stretched the handle and pommel inFreshwater animal of the class hydrozoa, clinging to the side of a glass vessel. This creature, usually referred to as a 'polyp' was the subject of a major series of researches by the Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley (1710 1784) whose work is cited in the letter accompanying this illustration. Figure pasted into a letter by the Honourable Charles Bentinck, the Hague, 15 September 1741, to Martin Folkes at the Duke of Richmond's, Whitehall, London.
