Portrait of Brook Taylor (1685-1731) Empe showing the side entrance to

showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew's Priory

Mivart's Hotel

The fickle pumpkin may have proved a winner for Cinderella but it landed old Alfie Ayling in the pillory

The Museum contains the natural history collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Jack Brabham's Brabham car leads

Portrait of Brook Taylor (1685-1731) Empe showing the side entrance toHead and shoulders portrait of Brook Taylor in a painted oval, wearing a shoulder length grey wig. Taylor is dressed in a light brown coat with prominent buttons, opened to show a yellow silk waistcoat brocaded in a floral design with silver and dark green, also open, and a white shirt and cravat. Artist unknown, possibly by studio of Hans Hysing (1678 1752 or 1753). Taylor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. Original: oil on canvas,