Portrait of Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) Size:S: 36 x 28cm Brunswick Dock

Brunswick Dock

with the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the left and Greenwich Hospital below on the right

Original is oil on canvas 30

The papers were calling for heads to roll and casting doubt on the condition of Britain's Navy

Portrait of Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) Size:S: 36 x 28cm Brunswick DockThree quarter length studio portrait of J B Jukes, standing and facing left as viewed. Jukes's right hand is tucked into his waistcoat, the left rests at his side. Arched gold surround, inscribed below in gold: 'Photographed by MAULL & POLYBLANK, 55, Gracechurch Street and 187A Piccadilly, London.' Signed below in ink 'J. Beete Jukes'. Inscribed verso in pencil: 'Professor Jukes M. A; F. R. S; F. G. S. Author. Head of the Geological Survey Ireland'.