Portrait of Everard Home (1756-1832) mb-code 1645900 A west view of Temple

A west view of Temple Bar

Napoleon III had long had his French fingers in a variety of different European pies

having rejected the chance to use the Coercion Acts to control crime in Ireland

which he won

Botanical studies of flowers of a Gongora orchid native to Central and South America: here styled Gongora loddigesii

Portrait of Everard Home (1756-1832) mb-code 1645900 A west view of TempleHalf length portrait of Home, shown in a black coat worn over a yellow waistcoat, with a white shirt and cravat. Looking to the viewer's left, against a red background. Sir Everard Home was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787. Original: oil on canvas, 764x647mm. 1829