Two specimens of crustaceans mb-width 998 Peter Scott

Peter Scott

Pin manufactory near London Road

A mighty hippopotamus displays its huge teeth

Crystal Palace

In the background is Sadler's Wells Theatre with green awning

Two specimens of crustaceans mb-width 998 Peter ScottMarine zoological studies of the crustaceans Nymphon gracile (figure 1) and Nymphon hirtum (figure 2). Plate 19 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). Figure 1 is described as simply: 'Inhabits the British sea every where.' T William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. Original: copperplate