'The back view of the eye & the countenance in easy composure' Riding Bear Statue LONDON Balfour was appointed Sherardian

LONDON Balfour was appointed Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford in 1884

poised over a book

The building was previously the residence of the actor David Garrick

Jester tickling a man carrying books

as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth

'The back view of the eye & the countenance in easy composure' Riding Bear Statue LONDON Balfour was appointed SherardianIllustration showing the muscles of the back of the eye and a face in relaxed composure. Image of the eyes annotations a The optic nerve b The musculus attollens c The depressor d The adductor e The abductor f The trochlearis g The obliquus inferior The portrait illustrates the relaxed state of facial muscles; 'wherein no muscle can be said to have any particular action, and wherein every muscle in its respective place only conspires to form pleasing