'The hand of a boy with a distempered skin, and a branch of the common Service Tree' Finish:20-pack Beneath the image is a

Beneath the image is a verse by Robert Blair

10th June 1962

1866 was the year which saw the revival of Lord Russell's campaign to introduce parliamentary reform

Turkish cotton shirt and a felt hat

Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I

'The hand of a boy with a distempered skin, and a branch of the common Service Tree' Finish:20-pack Beneath the image is aA combined medical and botanical study, showing the hand of an unnamed son of Edward Lambert holding a branch of the wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis). The work had details of a cut specimen of the fruit and its seed, with a detail of the child's skin. Plate 212 from chapter 2 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The boy was the