Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:Stretched while behind him is a

while behind him is a mounted figure

Thomas Lewis

Plate V in a set of eight plates

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Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:Stretched while behind him is aHalf length portrait of Edward Sabine looking to the viewer's right. Dressed in a dark single breasted frock coat, black tie and high collared shirt. Sabine holds in both hands a paper document with a round brass tie, the paper headed: 'Terrestrial Magnetism 11'18'. Sabine is posed with regalia to signify his office as President of the Royal Society. To the left of the painting and slightly behind Sabine is the Society's sculpture bust of Sir Joseph