The last of the Charruas mb-code VV13405 The new Blackfriars Bridge designed

The new Blackfriars Bridge designed by Joseph Cubitt was completed in 1869

with (right) a plant specimen and scattered volumes labelled 'Nat Hist'

Guitarist Gerry Cott (standing) and bass player Peter Briquette from the Boomtown Rats visited Birmingham to make a trade presentation at a city music shop

pictured wearing black silk cocktail dress

The last of the Charruas mb-code VV13405 The new Blackfriars Bridge designed'The last of the Charruas', 1848. The Charrua of South America were wiped out by European settlers. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, published by Hippolyte Bailliere, (London, third edition, 1848).