Portrait silhouette of George Pearson (d.1828) Finish:Float frame Interior view of the secretary's

Interior view of the secretary's room

Somerset House originally housed public offices

'On the bank of an African river'

This pyre took a month to build and is the remnants of all the waste branches and rubbish that local firms and people wish to dispose of

Portrait silhouette of George Pearson (d.1828) Finish:Float frame Interior view of the secretary'sSilhouette of George Pearson, facing to the right as viewed, his hair or wig tied in a queue and wearing a lace cravat. Plate 3 from the book Observations on the cow pock, by John Coakley Lettsom (Nichols & Son for Joseph Mawman, London, 1801) Inscribed below the image: 'G. Pearson, M. D. F. R. S. &c.' George Pearson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791. Original: stipple engraving. 1801