'The Cross-Bills, Cock and Hen' mb-artist Peter_Stone at the junction of Battersea

at the junction of Battersea High Street and Bridge Road West (later known as Westbridge Road)

'A Bed Matt or a Door Matt'

is on board ship and taking soundings of recent public opinion

Chauffeurs are standing by the cars

his face turned and in half-profile

'The Cross-Bills, Cock and Hen' mb-artist Peter_Stone at the junction of BatterseaOrnithological study of the male and female Crossbill Loxia curvirostra, the male perched on a branch, the female below. Plate 303 from chapter 93 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: 'Loxia, the Cross bill, Male and Female Drawn of their natural size by Geo Edwards. AD. 1757.' Original: etching. 1757