Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:L: 100 x 50cm It had had a third

It had had a third reading in the Commons but was being fiercely opposed

The work has a scale

possibly Paris

Kensington

6th February 1980

Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Size:L: 100 x 50cm It had had a thirdDetail from Royal Society's portrait of Banks, seated in the Presidential chair surmounted by the Society's coat of arms and wearing the ribbon and star of the Order of Bath. Inscribed: 'Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. SIR J. BANKS. From a Picture by T. Phillips, in the possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.' Inscribed in pencil