Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] mb-code 1237500 The Duchess of Devonshire is

The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler

staring at her and grinning inanely

'Destiny and Fête

'Portrait of Alderman Oliver'

She was being tested in the Channel when she suddenly began to take on much water

Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] mb-code 1237500 The Duchess of Devonshire isPlate 12 from the paper 'Observations on the genus Ocythoe of Rafinesque, with a description of a new species' by William Elford Leach, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 107 (1817), pp. 293 296. Six views of the cephalopod Argonauta hians, including details of arms and shell. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: watercolour on paper. 1817