'Water-rat [stomach]' mb-code 1645464 The ship is presumably about

The ship is presumably about to sail for India

Richard and John E

evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion

All in the Downs

'Water-rat [stomach]' mb-code 1645464 The ship is presumably aboutPlate 6, figure 6 from the paper 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 97 (1807), pp. 139 179. Showing the inverted stomach of a water rat. The work is inscribed above with plate details and below 'Internal View. Natural Size. Water Rat.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed lower left 'J. Parsons Bristol.' Original: ink on board. 1807