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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