Snowflakes Alexander III Below the view are humorous

Below the view are humorous descriptive verses

A contemporary quote from Punch illustrates that Britain was keen to prevent any aggressive action by Russia

whilst under construction

London as it appeared during the demolition of adjoining buildings in 1880

Snowflakes Alexander III Below the view are humorousSnowflakes drawn and described by Leonard Stocke as falling between 2 January and 1 March 1740 and 25 December to the 31 December 1740 at Middelburg, Zeeland, in the Netherlands. Figures 1 24 appended to a letter from Leonard Stocke, Middelburg, 29 June 1741, to Cromwell Mortimer. Not published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Leonard Stocke was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Original: ink on paper. 1741