Heart of Lophius piscatorius [Angler fish] parlour View of the Old Black

View of the Old Black Jack Inn

Napoleon met King Victor Emmanuel of Italy at Genoa on 13th May 1859

Mercury can be seen in the sky

steps from the pavement under the hooves of approaching carriage horses

he was executed for the murder of his steward

Heart of Lophius piscatorius [Angler fish] parlour View of the Old BlackPlate 22 from the paper 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus, contained in a former paper; with observations on the structure of the branchial artery', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 103 (1813), pp. 227 241. View of the heart of the Angler showing the auricle, ventricle, branchial artery and valve. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp