Portrait of Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Finish:Rolled XXVI from Micrographia: or some

XXVI from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

13th September 1967

View of a mansion in Great Winchester Street

including a waggon advertising Madame Tussaud's Exhibition on Baker Street

Tom Finney and Bill Shankly

Portrait of Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Finish:Rolled XXVI from Micrographia: or someDavy is portrayed at three quarter length in fashionable Regency dress. He wears a high white stock and white waistcoat with a black jacket and matching overcoat, the latter open to reveal a silk lining. He wears grey trousers with a blue ribbon at the waist and kidskin gloves. The left arm is crooked to the waist, the right rests on a red cloth lined table, upon which rests a miner's safety lamp to Davy's design. A deep turquoise blue sky is balanced