'The Black and Blue Creeper; and the Hoopoe Hen' opening door From an original specimen caught

From an original specimen caught at Brighton and brought to London for dissection in December 1812

The fine weather brought the crowds out to Happy Hampstead

The Prince of Wales is escorting the Republic of France in the garden

Busy street scene along Poultry and Prince's Street

light-coloured dress with a patterned hem

'The Black and Blue Creeper; and the Hoopoe Hen' opening door From an original specimen caughtOrnithological studies of a Red legged honey creeper Cyanerpes cyaneus posed on a tree stump and showing the bright yellow underside of one wing; and the head of the 'Hoopoe hen', probably the Cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola. The plate also features a specimen of British moth. Plate 264 from chapter 54 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author,