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    Richard’s  death  certificate,  above,  seems  to  specify
                                  cancer (it does not say what sort), so he may have been

                                  an in-patient at St. Ann’s                      Hospital for
                                  quite some time before a stroke finally carried him off.
                                  Men 95 years old suffer close to 100% prevalence of
                                  prostate cancer, and this seems the likeliest reason for

                                  his  initial  admission  to  St.Ann’s  Hospital.    It  may  be
                                  that the hospital were unable to contact family members,
                                  and paid the four guinea burial fee.  Whatever the case,

                                  it was a sad end to an illustrious mounting career.

                                  Concluding remarks

                                  This article has dealt with comparatively few of Suter’s
                                  mounts: many of his arranged and “exhibition” mounts,
                                  for instance, remain undocumented – although none are

                                  quite as splendid as the one illustrated here.  My own
                                  collection  includes  several  such  arranged  mounts,
                                  which may form the basis of some future article. I may

                                  seem to have included a surfeit of information on the
                                  Solomons microscope: but little has been written about
                                  this firm, and it remains a mystery how Suter acquired

                                  his instrument: so it seemed worthwhile to include what
                                  I have discovered.  Readers may be able to “fill in the
                                  gaps”.

                                  Overall, my purpose has been to place Richard Suter in
                                  his time and circumstances, and I hope readers whose

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