Portrait of James Jurin (1679-1750) Finish:none Circa 1950

Circa 1950

Construction of the Thames Tunnel

Botanical study of rye (Secale vulgatius) with a flower detail

Friday 11th October 1974

barges and ships on the water

Portrait of James Jurin (1679-1750) Finish:none Circa 1950Three quarter length portrait of James Jurin, seated on a red chair with ornate gilded surround. Jurin rests his right arm on a table covered with a green cloth upon which is a pile of three books, the central volume inscribed 'J. Jurin M. D.' Jurin holds an open edition of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica in his left hand. He is dressed in a grey shoulder length wig, brown waistcoat and white neck cloth over which is a green robe with red at