Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Size:L: 80 x 60cm Poster for the XXth Exposition

Poster for the XXth Exposition in the Salon des Cent

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President Davis of the Confederation issued a conscription notice to call all men between the ages of 18 and 45 to arms

The image includes an effigy and symbols of death including a skull and a scythe

Original is oil 41

Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Size:L: 80 x 60cm Poster for the XXth ExpositionHalf length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table, upon which rests a hexagonal ink well with a quill, a leather bound book and loose manuscript papers. Priestley writes on one of these using a quill in his right hand. Behind, half hidden by a red curtain, is a book case containing bound volumes. In front of these is a set of apothecary's scales, what appears to be a powdered chemical