Microscopic view of cells in a sliver of cork Size:M: 60 x 40cm and details of magnified seeds

and details of magnified seeds

in the character of a Russian Hercules

high collared shirt and tie

reviews the progress of his pupils at the end of term

In this posthumous portrait

Microscopic view of cells in a sliver of cork Size:M: 60 x 40cm and details of magnified seedsIllustrations showing a microscopic view of the cells in a sliver of cork (Fig. 1); and a sprig of the sensitive plant (Fig. 2, unmagnified). Schem. XI from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665