Warren Hastings, first Governor General of British India Finish:Rolled Figure 5 Fimbriaria cubensis

Figure 5 Fimbriaria cubensis

XV from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

The cephalopod is presented from above with an inset detail of the underside

Construction work being carried out on Blackfriars Bridge

6th January 1968

Warren Hastings, first Governor General of British India Finish:Rolled Figure 5 Fimbriaria cubensisWarren Hastings, first Governor General of British India, (c1905). Hastings (1732 1818) served as Governor General from 1773 1786. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814 . Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith (London, c1905). Original painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence.