Specimens of a beetle, insect and butterfly plumed Life in the Mirror Series

Life in the Mirror Series

'The idle 'prentice betray'd by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice'

Actress Audrey Hepburn arrives for the premiere of My Fair Lady in New York with husband Mel Ferrer (left) and Stan Holloway who also stars in the film

View of Christ's Hospital

When he is ill his deputy fills his position

Specimens of a beetle, insect and butterfly plumed Life in the Mirror SeriesPinned specimens of a beetle (coleoptera), insect (hymenoptera) and butterfly (lepidoptera). An illustration from the chapter entitled 'The methods of catching and preserving insects for collections' from The naturalist's and traveller's companion, by John Coakley Lettsom (London, 1772). Original: copperplate engraving. 1772