'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Finish:Float frame 22nd January 1966

22nd January 1966

Landscape view of the clay bank below the town of Montemurro

Central oval view of the City of London from the south bank of the River Thames

Longitudinal section of St John's Chapel in the White Tower

'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Finish:Float frame 22nd January 1966Study of the Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea in the act of catching an insect. The bird is posed on a rock surrounded by water and with plants. A newt swims in the water below. Plate 259 from chapter 49 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Original: etching. 1757