'The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon' Size:L: 75 x 60cm On the right a man

On the right a man flies atop a flying machine powered by steam

A west view of Temple Bar

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish botanist and physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753

London from the south side of the River Thames

'The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon' Size:L: 75 x 60cm On the right a manOrnithological study of a Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura Victoria. Plate 338 from chapter 128 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The plate is inscribed: 'The great crowned pigeon from the Island of Banda in the East Indies. Geo. Edwards sculp October the 8th AD 1761.' Original: etching. 1761