Lumbricus terrestris [Earthworm] dissected D Hulme his body encased but his

his body encased but his arms protruding through the suit to work with a tool ['the arm-ports lined with sticking Plaister

Outline pencil sketches of figures 2-3 from the same plate are visible to the right of the main image

The first completed vehicles were very crude

20th November 1982

Exterior view with figures and a description beneath

Lumbricus terrestris [Earthworm] dissected D Hulme his body encased but hisPlate 3 figure 4 from the paper 'An account of the circulation of the blood in the class Vermes of Linnaeus, and the principle explained in which it differs from that in the higher classes', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 107 (1817), pp. 1 12. Inscribed lower left 'Back view.' The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: ink on paper. 1816