Portrait of George Manby (1765-1854) mb-code RS-9759 Sharp's the Word

Sharp's the Word

Plate 29 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

With keys to the buildings and streets

Interior view of Crystal Palace during the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park

Portrait of George Manby (1765-1854) mb-code RS-9759 Sharp's the WordManby is painted standing at three quarter length in military uniform (Manby was Captain in the Cambridgeshire militia) holding a highly decorated [prize?] sabre. Behind, a maritime scene of a vessel in stormy seas, in reference to Manby's invention of a life saving mortar for use in shipwrecks. George Manby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. Original: oil on canvas, 1270x1016mm. ca. 1813