Sir Henry Vane, English politician and author mb-artistname Domenichino Half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley

Half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table

The scientific explanation is that it was formed by a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago

Interior of the Church of St Mary

Francis Maitland Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1878

Sir Henry Vane, English politician and author mb-artistname Domenichino Half-length portrait of Joseph PriestleySir Henry Vane, English politician and author, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Vane (1613 1662), statesman and Member of Parliament who was tried for high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899).