Portrait of Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Bagnigge Wells tea gardens

Bagnigge Wells tea gardens

'Flirtation'

Lord Armstrong exhibited figures of the type produced at the Royal Society soiree at Burlington House in London on 16 June 1897

Fiat is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

He was sent to Bethlem Hospital

Portrait of Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Bagnigge Wells tea gardensDavy is portrayed at three quarter length in fashionable Regency dress. He wears a high white stock and white waistcoat with a black jacket and matching overcoat, the latter open to reveal a silk lining. He wears grey trousers with a blue ribbon at the waist and kidskin gloves. The left arm is crooked to the waist, the right rests on a red cloth lined table, upon which rests a miner's safety lamp to Davy's design. A deep turquoise blue sky is balanced