Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled with their plastic sheets ready

with their plastic sheets ready to protect them from the rain

possibly at Coniston

Wells Street

Plate 48 figures 3-5 from the paper 'On the placenta'

The painting is noted an article by Kenneth Romney Towndrow (1900-1953): "The tonal unity Orchardson perfected by his method of painting into a yellow ground has a refinement apt to invite oversight

Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled with their plastic sheets readyOval half length portrait of Gibbs with an open coat and open shirt collar, his right hand held loosely before his midriff. Behind, an architectural background. Inscribed: 'A Bannerman sculp. JAMES GIBBS. ' In pencil lower left '1729' and lower right '1 '. James Gibbs was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729. Original: engraving. 1762