Portrait of Archibald Geikie (1835-1924) mb-code 00761085 'Master Ritchie's Easter-Egg'

'Master Ritchie's Easter-Egg'

with the Thames to the left and figures strolling in the gardens

Disraeli stitches busily at the Reform Bill

'Colonel Charles Campbell'

With a list of watermen's and hackney coach fares

Portrait of Archibald Geikie (1835-1924) mb-code 00761085 'Master Ritchie's Easter-Egg'Half length portrait of Sir Archibald Geikie, seated in a wooden armchair, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and maroon tie with a gold stick pin. A watch chain is visible at the sitter's waist. Geikie has long white side whiskers and holds metal rimmed spectacles in his right hand, the left resting on his thigh. Behind, a fossilised bone is visible at the sitter's right shoulder with others painted more obscurely to the right as viewed. Archibald