Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] Size:L: 80 x 60cm North-east view of St Paul's

North-east view of St Paul's Cathedral

ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ by George Strong Nares

is trying to catch his hat

should come of age

characters in the fairy tale and pantomime

Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] Size:L: 80 x 60cm North-east view of St Paul'sPlate 12 from the paper 'Observations on the genus Ocythoe of Rafinesque, with a description of a new species' by William Elford Leach, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 107 (1817), pp. 293 296. Six views of the cephalopod Argonauta hians, including details of arms and shell. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: watercolour on paper. 1817