Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:none WELLENSIS DE CAN

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some quarter of a million workers in Lancashire were out of work and fresh sources of cotton

was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon

'City Scavengers Cleansing the London Streets of Impurities'

Portrait of Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Finish:none WELLENSIS DE CANHalf 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