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Prime Minister Winston Churchill with King George VI in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

Inscribed: 'GravÚ d'apres l'orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin

CANCROMA COCHLEARIA

Figures 1-2 show the shell at life size

' Figure 2 'A West Indian serpent

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