'Ceylon razor-shell' Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 'Salle-a-Manger

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and the north prospect of Westminster Bridge in the margins

West view of the Guildhall Chapel and Blackwell Hall

In this section Shakespeare's Globe Theatre can be seen below the right-hand group of cherubs

'Ceylon razor-shell' Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 'Salle-a-MangerMarine zoiological study of the Ceylon razor shell Solen ceylonensis, found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean. Plate 7 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the shell within the text: 'Inhabits Ceylon, where it seems not to be an uncommon species' The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder Feby. 1814.'