Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari Saville Road

Saville Road

Lord John Russell proposed that neither bill should be accepted

the Palace of Westminster

A man rides off into the distance accompanied by a dog

Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari Saville RoadSpecimen 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