Virgin and Child House mouse 'HERODOTUS'

'HERODOTUS'

A board large enough to hold all the pieces would have measured 82 centimetres across

Contestants attempted to continue dancing for as long as posible in order to win prizes

This is a satire on the demand for scrutiny of votes by Charles Wray after the 1784 general election

Plate 1 figures 1-8 from the paper 'An account of some minute British shells

Virgin and Child House mouse 'HERODOTUS'Virgin and Child, early 14th century. From the Psalter of Robert De Lisle. Illustration from School of Illumination, Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part III, English 1300 to 1350, (British Museum, Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1921).