xiv List of Portraits 



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27 WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D., F.R.S. (1793 ; Pres. 



1820). Engraving after a drawing by Sir Thomas 

 Lawrence [p 212] -- 264 



28 JOHN BRINKLEY, D.D., F.R.S. (1803), First Royal Astro- 



nomer for Ireland (1792) Engraving by H. Cook, 



after a painting by F. Parsons [p. 222] 272 



29 Sir HUMPHRY DAVY, Bart., F.R.S. (1803 ; Pres. 1820-7) ; 



seated in the Presidential Chair of the Royal Society. 

 Engraving by Worthington, after a painting by J. 

 Lonsdale. Published March 1827 [pp. 225, 270, 290] - 288 



30 JOHN G. CHILDREN, F.R.S. (1807 ; Sec. 1826). Litho- 



graph by W. D., after a drawing by E. U. Eddis, 

 Athenaeum Portraits No. 9 [p. 231] ' - 304 



31 Sir JOHN BARROW, Bart., F.R.S. (1805), Secretary of 



the Admiralty. Engraving after the painting by J. 

 Jackson [p. 229] - 320 



32 Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, P.C., F.R.S. 



(1810). Engraved by T. Woolnoth, after a drawing by 



W. M. Craig [p. 235] - - 336 



33 Sir JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL, Bart., F.R.S. 



(1813 ; Sec. 1824). Engraving by W. J. Ward, after a 

 painting by H. W. Pickersgill [p. 275] - - 352 



34 Admiral WILLIAM HENRY SMYTH, F.R.S. (1826). Name 



of artist not given on the engraving [p. 310] - 368 



35 General Sir EDWARD SABINE, K.C.B., F.R.S. (1818 ; Sec. 



1827 ; Pres. 1861-71). Engraving by J. Scott, after 

 the painting by Stephen Pearce in the rooms of the 

 Royal Society [p. 388] - 384 



36 Captain Sir DOUGLAS STRUTT GALTON, K.C.B., R.E., F.R.S. 



(1859), Treasurer of the Club 1867-1878. From a 

 photograph in the possession of his daughter, Mrs. 

 Gascoigne [p. 382] - - .--,.* - 400 



