'Red earshell' [Blacklip abalone] Finish:Stretched Scene of Queen Victoria receiving

Scene of Queen Victoria receiving the Sacrament at her coronation in Westminster Abbey

'The Open Door

An MP wonders what he will do with himself now his seat has fallen into the redistribution trap

Fisherman at the quayside at Ipswich Docks

Bluebird K7 at Coniston Water

'Red earshell' [Blacklip abalone] Finish:Stretched Scene of Queen Victoria receivingMarine zoological study of the shell Haliotis rubra native to Australian waters. Plate 23 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author notes that the mollusc 'Inhabits New Holland.' The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder Tavistock St. London.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the