'Plumbum galaena' victoire 1st March 1956

1st March 1956

Britannia swoons on the left and a devil views the scene with glee on right

'The Tree of Reformation'

crown and coat of arms in the surround below

Keith Moon

'Plumbum galaena' victoire 1st March 1956Specimen of Galena (lead sulphide) here termed 'sulphure of lead; galaena'. Plate 24 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 "This is the commonest lead ore The present specimen came from Derbyshire, and is valuable from having the primitive cubic crystals so distinct." The plate is inscribed: "May 1