Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:XL: 120 x 60cm erected at the house of

erected at the house of correction at Brixton

the church was one of the 'Waterloo Churches' built using funds provided by the Church Building Act 1818

Showing the delivery of the City Sword at Temple Bar

1011x1188mm

This came about in part as a result of the growing outrage at the over-filled and terrible urban graveyards that polluted air and soil

Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:XL: 120 x 60cm erected at the house ofDetail 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