Microscopic views of fish scales Size:XL: 90 x 60cm Two groups of a woman

Two groups of a woman and two children gleaning

An old man stands at the door of a brothel at the corner of Portland Street

The accompanying text states that: 'The Pennantian Parrot

Fish is considered very auspicious by the people of Mithila

Henry Birkin in a Bentley

Microscopic views of fish scales Size:XL: 90 x 60cm Two groups of a womanIllustrations showing microscopic views of fish scales, namely a single scale (Fig. 1), and a detail further magnified (Fig. 2). Schem. XXI from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665