Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Finish:Stretched Zoological studies of a Indian

Zoological studies of a Indian Pitta Pitta brachyuran

Covent Garden was designed by Inigo Jones and built in the 1630s

the greater Antillean bullfinch

with the Bank of England on the left

Portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Finish:Stretched Zoological studies of a IndianHalf length portrait of Banks, seated in the Royal Society's Presidential chair surmounted by its coat of arms, looking directly to the viewer in imposing style. Banks wears a black coat with white lining over a white shirt and embroidered waistcoat; over the coat, the red ribbon and star of the Order of Bath. On a table before Banks is a red tasselled mace cushion with the Society's Charles II mace in front and the Society's George III silver