'The Yellow Water-wagtail, the Walking Leaf, &c.' mb-artistname Paul France viewed from Southwark

viewed from Southwark

or of holding air

'How to get into the watch-house'

designed by Robert Mylne and opened in 1769

but one thing you must agree on is 'Don't they look well'

'The Yellow Water-wagtail, the Walking Leaf, &c.' mb-artistname Paul France viewed from SouthwarkStudy of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in the act of catching an insect. The bird is posed standing upon a stone from Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland. Below are two studies of a 'Walking Leaf' insect, perhaps a variety of Phyllium, which the author believes was from the West Indies. Plate 258 from chapter 48 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London,