'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artistname Diego Velazquez Plate 11 from the monograph

Plate 11 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain

'The Pestelence 1665'

with Rules for bad horsemen in his pocket

View with horse-drawn vehicles in front

Young couple stand up to get a better view of the main stage underneath their umbrella as the rain falls

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artistname Diego Velazquez Plate 11 from the monographBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour