'The Banksia Serrata in Fruit' Finish:none Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579) was a

Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579) was a statesman and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the reign of Elizabeth I

Half-length portrait of George Peacock seated in an armchair upholstered in red with a carved wooden back and scrolled armrests

USA 24th July 1965

the builder being John Henry Knight of Farnham

'The Banksia Serrata in Fruit' Finish:none Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579) was aBotanical study of Banksia serrata, a shrub native to Australia and first collected by Sir Joseph Banks. Plate 20 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The form of the capsules may be understood from the figure, which represents a whole spike in fruit, about half the natural size. The capsules are covered in thick down.' The plate is inscribed: 'F P Nodder delin. The