Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist mb-artistname R Roffe Watermarked '[Turk]ey Mills [J Wh]atman

Watermarked '[Turk]ey Mills [J Wh]atman 1820'

Those present include the Sword Bearer and Lord Mayor on horseback to the left

The sitter holds spectacles or a magnifying glass in his right hand and wears spectacles hanging from a black ribbon

Arfons survived without serious injury

'Check to King Mob'

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist mb-artistname R Roffe Watermarked '[Turk]ey Mills [J Wh]atmanJean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1880. Fabre (1823 1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865 1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris.