Capsicum fructu olivario... mb-code 1194096 Seven bishops and the Tower

Seven bishops and the Tower of London

The Duke of Wellington on a donkey with a saddle resembling a mayoral gown approaching a gallows

This relates to a debate in the House of Commons when the Conservative MP for Buckinghamshire proposed a motion for a Select Committee to sit in judgment on Income Tax and assess if it could not be more equitably levied

Fishmongers' Almshouses

'Manning the navy'

Capsicum fructu olivario... mb-code 1194096 Seven bishops and the TowerBotanical study of a specimen of capsicum with small red and green peppers, inscribed in ink 'Capsicum fructu olivario erecto, Rand. Chiltecpin, Hernand: N. 3' Not signed. Original: watercolour on paper. ca. 1730