'Figure du Taureau de la Floride' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm 12th August 1957

12th August 1957

The sitter's right hand can be seen holding a paper

'A Plaister for Pam

Disraeli trying to squirm through

'Figure du Taureau de la Floride' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm 12th August 1957Figure of a North American bison ['Bull of Florida'], viewed from the side. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 26. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582