Portrait of Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703) Selwyn Francis Edge The Lambeth Asylum for Girls

The Lambeth Asylum for Girls

Thames Street

Fellow Fenians attempted to blow open the wall of the House of Detention in an effort to rescue the two men

showing twin lights in centre window and oval windows each side

Portrait of Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703) Selwyn Francis Edge The Lambeth Asylum for GirlsViviani is painted at half length, seated, before a table upon which there is a brass armillary sphere, pen and wooden inkwell, with a sheaf of drawings. His left hand grips the wooden arm of the chair, while the right rests on the sphere, holding brass dividers. He is dressed in a loose green gown, trimmed with brown fur at the collar and cuffs. He wears a white shirt held at the throat with a gold and jewelled clasp. Two volumes lie flat at his