Portraits of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) mb-code 1194191 Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

Mrs Pope stands in front of the licensing board which is manned by Napoleon

The boat from Boulogne brings French citizens escaping from the troubles of France

The king is in the passenger seat of this 6-cylinder 60/75hp car in the grounds of the royal palace

Ornithological study of an Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) a nocturnal bird native to Australia

Portraits of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) mb-code 1194191 Thomas CarlylePortraits of successive Presidents of the Royal Society, approximately circular, constructed from a single spiralling line leading from one portrait to the other. Names of each subject appears within and to the left of each image: 'Sr. ISAAC. NEWTON Sr. HANS. SLOANE' With decorative flourishes, inscribed above: 'Ecce Gloriae Mathematicarum & Physicarum' and below 'Jacob Smith del: et Sculpsit 1733'. Original: engraving. 1733