The Royal Society mace Prince George of Denmark and Norway in the National Portrait Gallery

in the National Portrait Gallery London (NPG 1845) is attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott

humourous verses said to have been posted beneath it

The church is more commonly referred to as Chelsea Old Church

On the left is President Lincoln and

The Royal Society mace Prince George of Denmark and Norway in the National Portrait GalleryThe silver gilt mace was a gift from King Charles II in 1663. It is decorated with a running pattern of roses and thistles on the stem, and the embossed figures of a rose, harp, thistle and fleur de lys on the head, emblematic of Engladn, Ireland, Scotland and France. The letters 'C. R.' denote Charles II, and an inscription on a shield at the base describes Charles as the Society's 'founder and patron'. 1663