Knotty-rooted dog's grass and meadow grass Finish:Stretched pictured in the Royal Suite

pictured in the Royal Suite of the Royal Garden Hotel

Scale to 30 feet below

William Coxe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1782

Steam tug moving between barges on the Thames

while Bobby McKinlay and Joe McDonald (right) await their turn for the royal handshake

Knotty-rooted dog's grass and meadow grass Finish:Stretched pictured in the Royal SuiteBotanical study of knotty rooted dog's grass (Gramen nodosium avenacea panicula), late flowering meadow grass with a large purple panicle (Gramen pratense serotinum panicula longa purpurascente) and meadow grass with yellowish panicle (Gramen avenaceum pratense clatius). With flower details. Original: watercolour on paper. 1689