'Gamochonia' [octopus and squid] Product:Canvas Designed by Sir William Chambers

Designed by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century

The cup for the winners was presented by Henry Frederick

Vincenzo Lunardi successfully ascended from the Artillery Ground at Moorfields in this red and white silk hydrogen balloon and flew to Ware

Home's published plate note stated 'as it appears when in full vigour

'Gamochonia' [octopus and squid] Product:Canvas Designed by Sir William ChambersFive figures of cephalopods. Figure 1 Chiroteuthis veranyi. Figure 2 Histioteuthis ruppelii. Figure 3 Pinnoctopus cordiformis. Figure 4 Octopus vulgaris. Figure 5 Octopus granulatus. Plate 54 from the book Kunstformen der natur by Ernst Haeckel (Leipzig, Wien, Bibliographische Institut, 1899 1904). Original: lithograph . 1899