Comet of 1742 Size:Large: 7 x 5in The heretical synod at Salters'

The heretical synod at Salters' Hall Chapel for Protestant Dissenters

John Bull stands guard over a gigantic pudding studded with the sign saying 'Old England Forever'

This cartoon shows France 'bonneting' the unfortunate Prince Jerome Napoleon - 'Plon-plon'

the people of Whitby have witnessed the ancient tradition of the Penny Hedge where crowds gather to watch the construction of a hedge made from hazel sticks on the banks of Whitby harbour

Comet of 1742 Size:Large: 7 x 5in The heretical synod at Salters'Compilation of astronomical observations showing the progress of a comet [now designated C 1742 C1] across the night sky between 23 February and 3 March 1742. The observers were the author, George Graham (1673 1751), James Bradley (1693 1762) and Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1675 1757). Figure appended to a letter, John Bevis, 4 March 1742, to the Royal Society [?]. John Bevis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765. Original: ink on paper.