Portrait of Charles Lyell (1797-1875) mb-height 3463 A woman fills a water-jug

A woman fills a water-jug from the River Nile

The more you Look at it

confirming the Production of Light by the Effluvia of one Glass falling on another'

plate X of Industry and Idleness

Colin Chapman

Portrait of Charles Lyell (1797-1875) mb-height 3463 A woman fills a water-jugThree quarter length studio portrait of Sir Charles Lyell, seated, holding a book in his left hand. A table is visible behind, covered by a decorative cloth. Lyell is wearing a dark jacket over an embroidered [?] waistcoat and pinstripe trousers. Arched print, with an oval embossed stamp below: 'MAULL & POLYBLANK, 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON.' Signed below in ink: 'Cha. Lyell'. Inscribed verso in ink: 'Sir Chas Lyell 7161a'. Sir Charles Lyell was elected