The Hero of the Decade Size:S: 60 x 45cm one of whom is mopping

one of whom is mopping his forehead

usually referred to as a 'polyp' was the subject of a major series of researches by the Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley (1710-1784) whose work is cited in the letter accompanying this illustration

' Figure 4: 'Solanum spinosum Novae Hollandiae Phylli foliis subrotundis

'Cliffs at Ètretat'

upon which rests a miner's safety lamp to Davy's design

The Hero of the Decade Size:S: 60 x 45cm one of whom is mopping'The Hero of the Decade', 1927. Charles A Lindbergh (1902 1974), American aviator who, on 20 May 1927, made the first non stop solo flight across the Atlantic, tinkering with the 'Spirit of St Louis' the plane in which he made the flight.