Portrait of George Stokes (1819-1903) James Paull 'The Great City Police'

'The Great City Police'

Idris Pryce

or sides of the nostrils

a local vicar visited there every day for thirteen years to write his sermons

Plate 14 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain

Portrait of George Stokes (1819-1903) James Paull 'The Great City Police'Three quarter length portrait of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, seated, his right hand resting on the armrest to his chair. Stokes is turned slightly to the left as viewed and is dressed in a black suit and tie and a white shirt with a high collar. Over this, a plain black teaching gown. A watch chain is visible at the waistcoat. Stokes has white hair and prominent side whiskers. George Stokes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851, he served