Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack A Swordbearer and a Commoncrier

A Swordbearer and a Commoncrier

North door of Westminster Abbey

'Happiness'

'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

Mary Wilson

Portrait of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) Finish:10-pack A Swordbearer and a CommoncrierHalf 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