'The Painted Finch, Cock and Hen' [Painted bunting] mb-width 5264 He started out as a

He started out as a technician in structural engineering

Sir Frederick Augustus Abel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860

This model is believed to be the oldest Renault in existence

In the foreground are children and a street seller

'The Painted Finch, Cock and Hen' [Painted bunting] mb-width 5264 He started out as aOrnithological studies of the male and female Painted bunting Passerina ciris from North America, the male posed upon a branch, the female in the act of catching a bee. Plate 273 from chapter 63 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: 'Non Pareiles, Cock and Hen, Etched directly from Life of their natural size. Geo