Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) mb-code 2490399 Catholicism

Catholicism

Interior view of the Rotunda at the Bank of England

14th to 17th November 1983

Abchurch Lane

If Gladstone could reunite his party

Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) mb-code 2490399 CatholicismThree quarter length portrait of Davies Gilbert, standing, with his left elbow resting on a red chair back, the right hand tucked into his coat. In the left hand he holds a scroll of paper tied with a red ribbon, inscribed: 'Transactions of the Royal Society 1828 1829 &1830'. Gilbert is dressed in a black suit with a high white stock. At his hip is a brass or gold seal attached by a blue ribbon. Davies Gilbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society