Portrait of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) emulation Church of St Mary Magdalen

Church of St Mary Magdalen

Major towns were designated as county boroughs

with a dog in the foreground and a coach behind

Coronation banquet of King George IV

Portrait of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) emulation Church of St Mary MagdalenThree 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