'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 The satire is a protest

The satire is a protest against the introduction of paper money

attending to the stout gentleman

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The detective here is dressed as a gentleman

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-code 1619052 The satire is a protestBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour