'Crested or Coped Black Vulture, and the Black and White Indian Snake' Richmond upon Thames will take that grin off

will take that grin off his face

and the Black and white Indian Snake boath drawn from lie

with boats and barges on the River Thames below

and a tool

Above is King George III's coat of arms prior to 1816

'Crested or Coped Black Vulture, and the Black and White Indian Snake' Richmond upon Thames will take that grin offZoological study of a Cinerous vulture Aegypius monachus with a specimen of Asian snake. Plate 290 from chapter 80 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: 'The crested or coped black Vulture, and the Black and white Indian Snake boath drawn from lie, by G. Edwards,' A second, mirrored inscription provides the date