Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Size:S: 60 x 45cm It stood until 1882

It stood until 1882

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dating from their first entry at Le Mans in 1951

the subject of a pencilled note to the engraver

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Portrait of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) Size:S: 60 x 45cm It stood until 1882Head and shoulders portrait of Davies Gilbert wearing a dark suit with a white neck cloth. Dark background. Inscribed: 'Painted by H. Howard R. A. Engraved by J. Thomson, DAVIES GILBERT, ESQ. M. P. P. R. S. FISHER SON & Co., 1846'. With a facsimile signature. In pencil lower left '1791'. Davies Gilbert was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791. He served as President of the Royal Society 1827 1830. Original: stipple engraving. 1846