Nov 25, 2016
Humphry Davy, one of history’s finest scientists, travelled through Britain and Europe like most independent men of the time. As he went, he recorded the wonders he saw with sketches in pencil and iron gall ink. With a scientist’s approach, he had an eye for native animals as well as landscapes. These sketches are of a bird from a trip to Italy, a quick sketch of a dragonfly and a pencil and watercolour fish, all stored in the Ri collections.