The 'gold-winged wood-pecker' and the 'chesnut-oak' Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Observations at Mount Vesuvius near

Observations at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton

eating a landed fish within reeds

Girl in a 1948 vintage Austin J40 pedal car

North London making preparations for King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations

The 'gold-winged wood-pecker' and the 'chesnut-oak' Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Observations at Mount Vesuvius near'Picus major alis aureis', the gold winged wood pecker, perched on a branch of 'Quercus castaneae foliis', the chesnut oak (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Colaptes auratus, the northern flicker; Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak). Plate 18 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.