'A Feather of the Cassowary' Size:XL: 100 x 80cm a Presbyterian knight

a Presbyterian knight

New Palace Yard and the entrance to Westminster Hall

East elevation of the Church of St Paul

Thiers' position as President had become impossible

c1857-1903

'A Feather of the Cassowary' Size:XL: 100 x 80cm a Presbyterian knightStudies of a cassowary feather and native Australian fish hooks. The latter are represented as: Figure A 'of a hard black, wood like substance'; and Figure B 'a hook of mother of pearl'. Plate 62 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The feathers of the New Holland Cassowary are of a remarkable construction It seems incapable of resisting water, or of holding air.' The