Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Finish:Rolled Spottiswoode is painted at half-length

Spottiswoode is painted at half-length turned and looking towards his right in an upright posture

The four-door sports saloon coachwork is by the coachbuilding company James Young

The wife is in her boudoir talking with counsellor Silvertongue

with men in the foreground

in the shape of the British lion

Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Finish:Rolled Spottiswoode is painted at half-lengthHead and shoulders portrait of Davies Gilbert, seated, wearing a dark suit with a white neck cloth. Inscribed: 'Engraved by Thomson, from a Painting by Howard. Davies Gilbert, Esq. M. P. President of the Royal Society. London. Fisher Son & Co.. July 1, 1828.' With a facsimile signature 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. 1828