Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) mb-height 1001 c1934-c1939

c1934-c1939

Stepney is now in the London borough of Tower Hamlets

before its demolition

View of the Church of St Mary Magdalen

Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) mb-height 1001 c1934-c1939Three quarter length portrait of Davies Gilbert, standing, with his left elbow resting on a red chair back, the right hand tucked into his coat. In the left hand he holds a scroll of paper tied with a red ribbon, inscribed: 'Transactions of the Royal Society 1828 1829 &1830'. Gilbert is dressed in a black suit with a high white stock. At his hip is a brass or gold seal attached by a blue ribbon. Davies Gilbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society