Portrait of Pieter Camper (1722-1789) Size:S: 40 x 30cm A woman approaches the car

A woman approaches the car as a chauffeur holds the door open for her

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Plate 40 from Bright's Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London

was a continuing scandal throughout the mid-Victorian period

Marine zoological study of the sponge Euplectella aspergillum

Portrait of Pieter Camper (1722-1789) Size:S: 40 x 30cm A woman approaches the carHead and shoulder portrait within a decorative oval framing device with laurel leaves. Camper is viewed from behind, head turned in near profile. Inscribed: 'PETRUS CAMPER. Reinr. Vinkeles ad vivum delin. et sculp,1778'. Inscribed in ink 'Wadd' and in pencil lower left '1750' and lower right '1 6'. Pieter [Petrus] Camper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1750. Original: engraving. 1778