Polish cochineal insects St George in the East There is a flotilla of

There is a flotilla of boats on the sea beneath him

'Whitechapel'

People standing in conversation at a party

Derek Temple and Ray Wilson

Polish cochineal insects St George in the East There is a flotilla ofFigures of insects and eggs observed in Poland, Polish cochineal [Porphyrophora polonica] or carmine scales. Inscribed in pencil with instructions to printers. Two sets of drawings mounted on a single backing sheet. Plate 10 from the paper 'Further account of the Polish cochineal', by Nathaniel Matthew Wolfe (1724 1784), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 54 (1764) pp. 95 98. Original: pencil, red chalk and watercolour on paper. 1764