The 'lark' and the 'sea-side oat' Chapuis on Tuesday 20th July

on Tuesday 20th July

fearing riots against Wellington's unpopular government

March 1965

(in the view of Mr Punch)

the original in the possession of the Author

The 'lark' and the 'sea-side oat' Chapuis on Tuesday 20th JulyAlauda gutture flavo', the lark, and 'Gramen myloicophoron oxyphyllon carolinianum', the sea side oat (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Eremophila alpestris, the horned lark; Uniola paniculata, the sea oat). Plate 32 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