Felt-makers at work Finish:Stretched she was a water spirit

she was a water spirit worshiped in connection with Diana at Aricia and also with the Camenae in their grove outside the Porta Capena at Rome

6th August 1968

A group of villagers gather in an inn

driven by Henry Segrave

The distance between France and Britain at this time is illustrated by the comment made by M Le Verrier

Felt-makers at work Finish:Stretched she was a water spiritIllustration of felt makers at work, probably drawn to accompany the printed version of a report by Robert Hooke 'An Account of the Feltmakers Trade'. The report was delivered at the Royal Society on 21 February 1666 but it seems not to have been printed. Original: ink on paper. ca. 1666