Portrait of Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) Finish:Single preventing a rustic from leaving

preventing a rustic from leaving

Beer Street celebrates the virtues of the mildly intoxicating traditional national drink

Mr Punch retrieves all his favourite toys - Lord Derby

Tom Rakewell is in a gambling house in Covent Garden

WARREN HASTINGS

Portrait of Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) Finish:Single preventing a rustic from leavingHalf length, head turned slightly to right, shoulder length dark hair, dark eyes, thin moustache and beard, wearing dark suit with wide white collar bands and white ruff at wrist. The sitter's right hand can be seen holding a paper. Marcello Malpighi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669. Original: oil on canvas, 740x610mm. ca. 1681