Microscopic views of duckweed and microorganisms Size:S: 50 x 40cm View showing figures around a

View showing figures around a fountain and seated in a bower

Note the lack of windscreen

Derek Smith

Steptoe and Son actors enjoy a pint in local pub

Plate 11 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain

Microscopic views of duckweed and microorganisms Size:S: 50 x 40cm View showing figures around aLeeuwenhoek's observations of duckweed and the freshwater microorganisms ('animalcules') attached to it; including ciliates, vorticellids, rotifera (fig 3) and the budding of hydra (fig 4). Illustrations accompanying a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 25 December 1702. Original: red chalk on paper. 1702