Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack North door of Westminster Abbey

North door of Westminster Abbey

'Happiness'

'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

The plate is marked 'Fig XII' upper left

was designed by Sir Robert Smirke and built between 1824 and 1827

Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack North door of Westminster AbbeyHalf length portrait of Nevil Maskelyne seated in a green square backed chair, dressed on a short white wig, black clerical robes and white bands. Maskelyne holds a sheaf of papers in his left hand, the top sheet with figures headed: 'PRISMATIC MICRO '. This rests on a leather bound volume, title on the spine: 'MASKELYNE'S OBSERVATIONS GREENWICH'. Behind is a landscape of the Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with drapery to the left as viewed. Nevil