'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] mb-artistname H Owen London holding umbrellas 15th March

London holding umbrellas 15th March 1965

Daimler factory

The relationship between Arjuna and Krishna is representative of what is ideal for all mankind: Man guided by God

which folds into the boot when not in use

the building on the right is Hogarth's studio

'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] mb-artistname H Owen London holding umbrellas 15th MarchZoological study of a Greater spear nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus, native to Central and South America. The main figure is shown resting on a flat rock outcrop. A second bat in flight appears behind. Plate 5 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An explanation to the plate appears in Latin: 'Vespertilio