Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Finish:Single pointing into the distance

pointing into the distance

the Fiat 514A/MM

' Inscribed in pencil lower right: 'Butterworth Savoy House 115 Strand' Drawn for an article by Herbert Rix (1850-1906)

Mr Gladstone on the right shakes hands with Prime Minister Disraeli

Plate 3 from A Description of the Muscles of the Human Body

Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Finish:Single pointing into the distanceHalf length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table, upon which rests a hexagonal ink well with a quill, a leather bound book and loose manuscript papers. Priestley writes on one of these using a quill in his right hand. Behind, half hidden by a red curtain, is a book case containing bound volumes. In front of these is a set of apothecary's scales, what appears to be a powdered chemical