'The back view of the eye & the countenance in easy composure' Riding Bear Statue 'Sweet Lavender

'Sweet Lavender

Edmond Halley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678

Individual illustrations are pasted together on a single piece of board: the lower portion is signed 'R

Jester tickling a man carrying books

'The back view of the eye & the countenance in easy composure' Riding Bear Statue 'Sweet LavenderIllustration showing the muscles of the back of the eye and a face in relaxed composure. Image of the eyes annotations a The optic nerve b The musculus attollens c The depressor d The adductor e The abductor f The trochlearis g The obliquus inferior The portrait illustrates the relaxed state of facial muscles; 'wherein no muscle can be said to have any particular action, and wherein every muscle in its respective place only conspires to form pleasing