Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 3rd May 1969

3rd May 1969

erected at the house of correction at Brixton

North-east view of the Church of St Botolph Aldersgate

Showing the delivery of the City Sword at Temple Bar

Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 3rd May 1969Detail from Royal Society's portrait of Banks, seated in the Presidential chair surmounted by the Society's coat of arms and wearing the ribbon and star of the Order of Bath. Inscribed: 'Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. SIR J. BANKS. From a Picture by T. Phillips, in the possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.' Inscribed in pencil