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asks Palmerston to pack his hobby horse
Proposals had recently been put forward for a museum devoted to Science and Technology
Original is oil on canvas 89x76
The new hall by Thomas Holden replaced the Elizabethan building which was in use until 1748
'Cotton Tree' mb-height 2280 asks Palmerston to pack hisBotanical study of the cotton tree. Figures can be seen in the background harvesting the crop. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company. Original:
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