Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled A soot sweeper carrying his

A soot sweeper carrying his brush and sack past the Foundling Hospital

He had long been an embarrassment to the party elders

Joseph Dalton Hooker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847

On the desk is an ink well

In the left background a Frenchman weeps before a bust of Napoleon

Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled A soot sweeper carrying hisVignette of a predatory mammal, possibly a mink, eating a landed fish within reeds. Closing vignette (p. 405) from 'Nuove sperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell'acqua del mare', by Antonio Mario Lorgna, Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, vol. 3 (1786) pp. 375 405. Original: woodcut engraving. 1786