Capsicum fructu oblongo rugoso... 1st Viscount Bearsted a child is being lifted

a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665

'Petitioners for admission at Almack's

Such was the stench from the river that parliamentary proceedings were interrupted

His right hand is visible on the armrest

The work is inscribed above with plate details and below 'Elephant

Capsicum fructu oblongo rugoso... 1st Viscount Bearsted a child is being liftedBotanical study of a specimen of capsicum with long red peppers and unripe green fruit. Inscribed in ink: 'Capsicum fructu oblongo rugosa apice recurvo rubro, Rand. n. 10.' Not signed. Original: watercolour on paper. ca. 1730