Polish cochineal insects St George in the East West prospect of the Church

West prospect of the Church of St Olave Jewry from Ironmonger Lane

Mr Robert Lowe

3 litre Mercedes in action

FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike

Polish cochineal insects St George in the East West prospect of the ChurchFigures of insects and eggs observed in Poland, Polish cochineal [Porphyrophora polonica] or carmine scales. Inscribed in pencil with instructions to printers. Two sets of drawings mounted on a single backing sheet. Plate 10 from the paper 'Further account of the Polish cochineal', by Nathaniel Matthew Wolfe (1724 1784), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 54 (1764) pp. 95 98. Original: pencil, red chalk and watercolour on paper. 1764