'Double form of Euplectella' [Venus's flower basket] Robert Walker by Alexander Marcet

by Alexander Marcet

Interior view of the Cedar room

had introduced regulations under the Licensing Act that closed down public-houses at midnight

this is a message to Mr Disraeli

5th August 1988

'Double form of Euplectella' [Venus's flower basket] Robert Walker by Alexander MarcetMarine zoological study of the sponge Euplectella aspergillum. Plate 3 from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules, by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is inscribed 'Double form of Euplectella on same root. W. Chimo del. C. L. G. lith. Mintern Bros imp.' William Chimmo (1828 1891) Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer dredged for these marine sponges off the