Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Princes Risborough 21st April 1965

21st April 1965

their brooms slung over their shoulders

Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim

the northern mockingbird

Part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's work on 'Philosophical Furnaces'

Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Princes Risborough 21st April 1965Head and shoulders portrait of Davies Gilbert wearing a dark suit with a white neck cloth. Dark background. Inscribed: 'Painted by H. Howard R. A. Engraved by J. Thomson, DAVIES GILBERT, ESQ. M. P. P. R. S. FISHER SON & Co., 1846'. With a facsimile signature. In pencil lower left '1791'. Davies Gilbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791. He served as President of the Royal Society 1827 1830. Original: stipple engraving. 1846