Nest of the Reed warbler mb-artist Henry_Silkstone_Hopwood Marcello Malpighi was elected a

Marcello Malpighi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669

The River Thames at Greenwich

'The Double Janus Guard

looks up at a tall man in tail coat and enormously wide brimmed felt hat

with Southwark Cathedral in the background and construction work being undertaken in the foreground

Nest of the Reed warbler mb-artist Henry_Silkstone_Hopwood Marcello Malpighi was elected aStudy of a reed warbler's nest Acrocephalus scirpaceus, showing its woven construction between upright low lying canes and containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 12 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XII. Planche 12 de la fauvette de Roseaux. Rohr Sperling. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving.