'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Looking towards the Queen's private

Looking towards the Queen's private apartments

which she rides every day to keep fit

showing the assassin approaching the King

It had been produced with the 1976 season in mind

Behind the Samaritan a dog licks its wounds

'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Looking towards the Queen's privateEntomological studies of the gumleaf grasshopper Goniaea australasiae. The top figure is a female insect, the lower figure a male. Native to Australia. Plate 24 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. Tavistock Street. London.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected