Portrait of Joseph Ames (1689-1759) mb-code RS-8576 He has a band of

He has a band of tartan around his crash helmet

Plate 18 figure 16 for the paper 'Account of some observations tending to investigate the construction of the heavens'

Wilmot 1817'

modern scientific names: Patagioenas leucocephala

Portrait of Joseph Ames (1689-1759) mb-code RS-8576 He has a band ofThree quarter length seated portrait holding a quill pen in his right hand with this arm resting on a table, upon which is an open book. Large shelved volumes behind, one with the spine title 'Art of Printing'. Coat of arms upper right. Inscribed below: 'THOS. HODGETTS SCULPT. JOSEPH AMES, F. R. S. & F. S. A. In pencil lower left '1743'. Joseph Ames was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743. Original: mezzotint. 1810