Description

Amphistegina javanica and Heterostegina clathrata

View of George B Greenough's villa in Regent's Park

Full body study of a King cobra ('Ophiophagus elaps') with three head studies to show scalation

taken in the Danish-Sea'

View of the Hall of Greenwich Hospital

Bamboes [Bamboo] Size:S: 45 x 30cm Amphistegina javanica and Heterostegina clathrataBotanical study of bamboo. Birds can be seen in the foreground and a pagoda in the background. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company. Original:

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