Stag's Horn Fungus Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 'The loyal banker or Old

'The loyal banker or Old Georgy taking Ransom'

incisors and canines

View of the City of London and St Paul's Cathedral from Bankside

His body is angled to the right as viewed

Playing rackets

Stag's Horn Fungus Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 'The loyal banker or OldPlate 2 figure 1 from the paper 'An account of a new species of fungus', by John Martyn, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 43 (1744) pp. 263 264. The specimen, classified by John Martyn as 'Boletus caule ramose', was most likely Stag's Horn fungus, [Xylaria hypoxylon]. An endorsement verso 'Jan 24 1744 45' indicates that this painting was shown to Fellows of the Royal Society at a meeting of the Royal Society on 24 January 1745.