'Ceylon razor-shell' Size:XL: 100 x 70cm In this section Shakespeare's Globe

In this section Shakespeare's Globe Theatre can be seen below the right-hand group of cherubs

Ordnance Office at the bottom of the White Tower

West view of the Guildhall Chapel and Blackwell Hall

Greycoat Place

'Ceylon razor-shell' Size:XL: 100 x 70cm In this section Shakespeare's GlobeMarine zoiological study of the Ceylon razor shell Solen ceylonensis, found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean. Plate 7 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the shell within the text: 'Inhabits Ceylon, where it seems not to be an uncommon species' The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder Feby. 1814.'