'Sloane's strombus' mb-artist James_Tissot 'Sir Edward Coke

'Sir Edward Coke

He is sitting in between two Conservative grandees

Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi

dressed in ermine with a lace neck cloth and shoulder length wig

'Sloane's strombus' mb-artist James_Tissot 'Sir Edward CokeMarine zoological studies (front and rear views) of the shell Strombus pugilis (here named Strombus sloanii) from the Caribbean and South American coasts. Plate 22 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder Tavistock St. London.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a