The 'little sparrow' and the 'purple bind-weed of Carolina' Size:L: 80 x 60cm 1275x1025mm

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In the foreground the Archbishop of Canterbury is crowning the king

including seeds and seedlings and a section of macerated bark viewed through a microscope

the City of Westminster and surrounding areas

This painting forms plate 9 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula

The 'little sparrow' and the 'purple bind-weed of Carolina' Size:L: 80 x 60cm 1275x1025mm'Passer culus', the little sparrow, and 'Convolvulus carolinensis angusto sagittato folio, flore amplissimo purpureo, radice crassa', the purple bind weed of Carolina (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Passerina cyanea, the indigo bunting; Ipomoea sagittata, the saltmarsh morning glory). A giant leopard moth, Hypercompe scribonia, can also be seen feeding on the flower (not mentioned in Catesby's text). Plate 35 from volume I of The