Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Princes Risborough during Commander James Clark Ross's

during Commander James Clark Ross's exploration of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula) and King William Land

Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim

c1830-1860

to her right is a bust of Handel on a plinth

the northern mockingbird

Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Princes Risborough during Commander James Clark Ross'sHead and shoulders portrait of Davies Gilbert wearing a dark suit with a white neck cloth. Dark background. Inscribed: 'Painted by H. Howard R. A. Engraved by J. Thomson, DAVIES GILBERT, ESQ. M. P. P. R. S. FISHER SON & Co., 1846'. With a facsimile signature. In pencil lower left '1791'. Davies Gilbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791. He served as President of the Royal Society 1827 1830. Original: stipple engraving. 1846