Study of five fish St Marylebone Sabine is posed with regalia

Sabine is posed with regalia to signify his office as President of the Royal Society

by John Hunter

a hop boy receives a haircut (left)

Interior of the Norman crypt of St Mary-le-Bow

Pictured in Montreal with Gold medal and Silver medal he later won in 100 metre breaststroke

Study of five fish St Marylebone Sabine is posed with regaliaStudy of five fish. Inscribed: (1) 'Adonis sive Exocaetus cristatus Bellony'; (2) 'Clarias Bellony' [Mustela niloctica Memphis]; (3) 'Scorpaena Bellon' [Father Lasher Cornubiensibus]; (4) 'Mustela Marina'; (5) 'Mustelae fluviatilis' [Burbot or Birdbolt]. Illustration from De historia piscium libri quatuor, by Francis Willughby and John Ray (Oxford, 1686). Original: engraving. 1686