'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Sheriff A merry making scene outside

A merry making scene outside the closed iron gate of Covent Garden Theatre

boys play with a dog near some women and children

View of the residence of Queen Caroline in Portman Street

Queen Victoria's continued withdrawal from public life had attracted increasing criticism

Lamentation

'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Sheriff A merry making scene outsideFigure of a Vletif, a mythological sea beast, in a seascape including boats and an island. The animal is shown being hunted from shore by three figures using a bow, a trident and a spear. The creature is perhaps based on the narwhal; however the 'horn' depicted resembles the rostrum of the sawfish or carpenter shark family. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des