Portrait of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) hospital shows off some of his

shows off some of his 120 guitars

' The plate is inscribed: 'Samuel Delint

Wharves at Limehouse

Bermondsey Street

Portrait of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) hospital shows off some of hisThree quarter length portrait of Jesse Ramsden, seated in a red upholstered chair. Ramsden wears a black jacket trimmed with grey fur at the collar over a white shirt and black knee breeches, the tops of his grey stockings just visible. Ramsden holds callipers in his right hand and a metal straight edge or ruler in his left. Behind there is an astronomical circle (telescope mounted on an azimuth circle); before the sitter is a dividing engine to