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A suitably bohemian artist stands in his attic with the tools of his craft all about
A ragged chair mender with a bundle on his back
Home's paper relays observations by Sir Stamford Raffles on the Edible-nest switlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
Therefore the British bobby has his hands tied
Vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor Size:L: 90 x 60cm A suitably bohemian artist standsPlate 6 from the paper 'Observations intended to show that the progressive motion of snakes is partly performed by means of the ribs', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 102 (1812), pp. 163 168. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: ink on paper. 1812
