Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack 'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

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

'Happiness'

Mary Wilson

Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack 'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'Half 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