Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari the Palace of Westminster

the Palace of Westminster

A man rides off into the distance accompanied by a dog

this plate is most humbly inscribed by a lover of trade

Lord John Russell proposed that neither bill should be accepted

Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari the Palace of WestminsterSpecimen of marble, here termed 'variegated limestone; or Tirie marble', with figures showing darker crystals and impurities. Tiree is the westernmost of the Inner Hebrides of Argyllshire in Scotland and is where this decorative stone was quarried. Plate 79 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that