'The Black and Blue Creeper; and the Hoopoe Hen' opening door Inscribed verso [by William Fletcher

Inscribed verso [by William Fletcher Barrett]: 'Prof Faraday not good bought June 1864 taken about 6 mo[nth]s

The Prince of Wales is escorting the Republic of France in the garden

light-coloured dress with a patterned hem

held the view that Britain might legitimately pursue peace and freedom from Irish troubles by allowing Home Rule

'The Black and Blue Creeper; and the Hoopoe Hen' opening door Inscribed verso [by William FletcherOrnithological studies of a Red legged honey creeper Cyanerpes cyaneus posed on a tree stump and showing the bright yellow underside of one wing; and the head of the 'Hoopoe hen', probably the Cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola. The plate also features a specimen of British moth. Plate 264 from chapter 54 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author,