'A Feather of the Cassowary' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm The pediment is decorated with

The pediment is decorated with relief sculptures of fish or dolphins

'Swearing at Highgate'

The bridge

30th July 1957

'A Feather of the Cassowary' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm The pediment is decorated withStudies of a cassowary feather and native Australian fish hooks. The latter are represented as: Figure A 'of a hard black, wood like substance'; and Figure B 'a hook of mother of pearl'. Plate 62 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The feathers of the New Holland Cassowary are of a remarkable construction It seems incapable of resisting water, or of holding air.' The