Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled A merry fiddler

A merry fiddler

' Plate 4 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester

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

With the royal procession in boats on the River Thames and a hot air balloon in the sky

The explosion

Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled A merry fiddlerOval 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