'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm This relates to a speech

This relates to a speech given by Churchill in which he outlined a plan for reform so extensive that he was charged with pinching his proposals directly from the manifesto of the Radical wing of the Liberal Party

The Sans Pareil Theatre

George Yard

Woodcutters near a river

A figure stands at table and writes on a piece of parchment with a brush

'The Grey Water-wagtail, and the Water-Lizard' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm This relates to a speechStudy of the Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea in the act of catching an insect. The bird is posed on a rock surrounded by water and with plants. A newt swims in the water below. Plate 259 from chapter 49 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Original: etching. 1757