English garden scene mb-code 00472449 A swarm of English bees

A swarm of English bees hiving in the Imperial carriage

above which are Colet's arms and those of the Mercers' Company who administered the school

30th May 1963

c1843-c1886

English garden scene mb-code 00472449 A swarm of English beesGarden landscape, by Henry Fletcher (fl. 1710 1750), featuring a fashionable 18th century couple being escorted around a walled [or topiary] garden by a horticulturalist who has doffed his hat and points towards the left of the image as viewed. Inscribed below 'Exiguus spatio, variis sed fertilis herbis. [A small space but rich in various herbs]. Engrav'd by Henry Fletcher London 1729.' Frontispiece of Catalogus plantarum a catalogue of trees, shrubs,