The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none January 29

January 29

View looking across the Thames

He also was Mercedes' driver in Land Speed Record attempts

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773

Behind is a patterned curtain and wainscot

The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none January 29'Hirundo purpurea', the purple martin, and 'Smilax (forte) lenis, folio anguloso hederaceo' (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Progne subis, the purple martin; Cocculus carolinus, the Carolina coralbead). Plate 51 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733. Original: etching. 1731