'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] mb-artistname H Owen The woman in the middle

The woman in the middle is wearing a matching yellow pelisse and bonnet

Figures can be seen in the background harvesting the crop

Pop stars from Liverpool

Interior view of a horse sale yard

View of the Three Tuns public house on Jacob Street

'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] mb-artistname H Owen The woman in the middleZoological study of a Greater spear nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus, native to Central and South America. The main figure is shown resting on a flat rock outcrop. A second bat in flight appears behind. Plate 5 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An explanation to the plate appears in Latin: 'Vespertilio