John Thorley sits in his library at a cloth-draped table writing with a quill pen; the shelves behind him are lined with books. He makes notes on paper as he fingers bodies of bees (labeled 'B') on the table beside him. Through open French doors are seen six beehives (labeled 'A') with bees flying around them on a shelf in the garden
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Image originally appeared in: Thorley, J. Melisselogia, or, The female monarchy. London : printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley; and J. Davidson, 1744., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted to 23 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thorley, John, 1671-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Bee culture, Beehives, Entomologists, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Bookcases
