Nest of the Mallard Size:L: 90 x 60cm Arsenal 2 v Chelsea 0

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'The sleeping congregation'

The Queen of the Arctic is perched on an iceberg with two polar bears at her feet

There was much discussion about the negligence of the Railway Companies who had neglected to remedy the deficiencies of the signalling that had caused so many accidents - 53 out of 159 in 1871

Nest of the Mallard Size:L: 90 x 60cm Arsenal 2 v Chelsea 0Study of a mallard's nest Anas platyrhynchos containing a clutch of ten eggs. Plate 37 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XXXVII. Pl. 37 du Canard Sauvage. Wilde Ente. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772