Microscopic views of a snail's teeth, silk-worm's egg and vinegar eels White Hart Inn 'The five orders of perriwigs'

'The five orders of perriwigs' 1761

The figure is shown in a long gown in a recumbent position with hands joined in prayer across his breast

The sitter is in half profile

and Queen Victoria's youngest and last-married son

arms crossed

Microscopic views of a snail's teeth, silk-worm's egg and vinegar eels White Hart Inn 'The five orders of perriwigs'Illustrations showing microscopic views of: a snail's teeth (Fig. 1); a silk worm's egg (Fig. 2); vinegar eels (Fig. 3). Schem. XXV from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665