'Figure du Poission nomme Caspilly' Finish:none Plate 7 from Fossilium Metalla

Plate 7 from Fossilium Metalla Et Res Metallicas Concernentium Glebae Suis Coloribus Expressae by Casimir Christoph Schmiedel (Nuremberg

surmounted by a view of no 10 Downing Street

Both the landlord and his female companion appear to be shocked by what they can see

and after his death in 1781 it was bought by the Barclay establishment

Plan of the shop fronts on Old and New Bond Street

'Figure du Poission nomme Caspilly' Finish:none Plate 7 from Fossilium MetallaFigure of a Caspilly, a mythological sea beast, in a seascape that includes a whale and small boats. The animal is shown being hunted from boats and by archers from the sea shore. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 29. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon