'Figure d'un Elephant de Mer' Size:L: 100 x 50cm Oval portrait of David Garrick

Oval portrait of David Garrick

there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

Britannia is shown grasping her trusty sword of defence in a meaningful manner as Belgium asks her help

the Irish Church was 'wholly disabled and disqualified for performing the purpose for which it exists'

portrait of Horatio Nelson

'Figure d'un Elephant de Mer' Size:L: 100 x 50cm Oval portrait of David GarrickFigure of a walrus, viewed from the side. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 28. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582