Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:Stretched Somerset House was designed by

Somerset House was designed by William Chambers and built between 1776 and 1786

Robert Lowe

while behind him is a mounted figure

Plate V in a set of eight plates

Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:Stretched Somerset House was designed byHalf length portrait of Edward Sabine looking to the viewer's right. Dressed in a dark single breasted frock coat, black tie and high collared shirt. Sabine holds in both hands a paper document with a round brass tie, the paper headed: 'Terrestrial Magnetism 11'18'. Sabine is posed with regalia to signify his office as President of the Royal Society. To the left of the painting and slightly behind Sabine is the Society's sculpture bust of Sir Joseph