Nest of the Grey heron school A number of men and

A number of men and women dressed in the exaggerated fashions of the period

On left is premises of the City Arms Restaurant and at end of street is S Straker and Sons

John Gedney

in the sky a hot air balloon passes overhead

Ornithological study of the Parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)

Nest of the Grey heron school A number of men andStudy of a heron's nest, presumably the grey heron Ardea cinerea showing braches and twigs incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of three eggs. Plate 44 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLIV Pl. 44 du Heron. Reiger. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772