The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none View of the north-east end

View of the north-east end of London Bridge from the River Thames showing the south side of the Church of St Magnus the Martyr before the erection of Adelaide Place

Queen Elizabeth I's tomb in the Henry VII Chapel

Behind is a patterned curtain and wainscot

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773

The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none View of the north-east end'Hirundo purpurea', the purple martin, and 'Smilax (forte) lenis, folio anguloso hederaceo' (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Progne subis, the purple martin; Cocculus carolinus, the Carolina coralbead). Plate 51 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733. Original: etching. 1731