'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] mb-artist Ron_Daniels and the older child wears

and the older child wears a large hat

Mr Spencer Walpole

In the foreground figures stand on boats watching ceremonial barges pass by on the River Thames

It seems incapable of resisting water

Arlington St

'Le Rone, ou la Carousse de Mer' [Corkwing wrasse] mb-artist Ron_Daniels and the older child wearsMarine zoological study showing a side view of the Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Plate 14 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed lower left 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. XIV.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755 Original: copperplate engraving. 1772