Fossil shell 'Homonolatus knightii' mb-width 352 'The industrious apprentice a favourite

'The industrious apprentice a favourite

in civic costume wearing a robe and carrying a scroll of paper

in which he proposed levying a tax of up to 3d in the pound for forty years to fund the renewal of the Capital's drainage system and to provide a sinking fund to cover the debts that would be incurred

dark coat and white neck-cloth

showing the new wing built where St

Fossil shell 'Homonolatus knightii' mb-width 352 'The industrious apprentice a favouriteStudy of a shell inscribed below, in ink: 'Cast of Homonolatus Knightii upper Ludlow Rock near Shobden, Hertfordshire'. Not signed or dated. From papers of the naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose (1790 1872). Original: watercolour on board. 1840s