Capsicum fructu non acre... Size:XS: 30 x 20cm boats with wheels and boats

boats with wheels and boats transformed into sledges

Ornithological study of the Barred antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus

This little cartoon of a capital 'A' illustrates a satirical piece that accuses people of writing to The Times to complain about the weather as though the rain fell solely upon them

XXVII from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

His gaze is direct and his expression rather self-satisfied

Capsicum fructu non acre... Size:XS: 30 x 20cm boats with wheels and boatsBotanical study of a specimen of capsicum with long red peppers and one unripe green fruit. Inscribed in ink: 'Capsicum fructu non acre longo pendente rubro, n. 11 Rand. Tesochilli, Hernand.' Not signed. Original: watercolour on paper. ca. 1730