'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Behind the Samaritan a dog

Behind the Samaritan a dog licks its wounds

Looking towards the Queen's private apartments

Morris dancers at Thaxted in Essex perform on the village green

View of exterior of building and anatomical theatre inside

'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Behind the Samaritan a dogEntomological studies of the gumleaf grasshopper Goniaea australasiae. The top figure is a female insect, the lower figure a male. Native to Australia. Plate 24 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. Tavistock Street. London.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected