Nest of the Starling alice coote being among the very first

being among the very first British cars put into large-scale production

bas relief figure and Baroque gable above

David Thomas Ansted was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844

On the busy River Thames steam vessels pass up and down

Nest of the Starling alice coote being among the very firstStudy of a starling's nest Sturnus vulgaris, showing feathers incorporated into its construction and a clutch of five eggs. Plate 10 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. X. Planche 10 de L'Etourneau. Stuhr. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772