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Aldgate House
'The Light Horse Volunteers of London & Westminster commanded by Col
In the bottom left corner a man and two women sit together
The chapel was built on the central pier of London Bridge
Portrait of George Manby (1765-1854) mb-code RS-9759 Aldgate HouseManby is painted standing at three quarter length in military uniform (Manby was Captain in the Cambridgeshire militia) holding a highly decorated [prize?] sabre. Behind, a maritime scene of a vessel in stormy seas, in reference to Manby's invention of a life saving mortar for use in shipwrecks. George Manby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. Original: oil on canvas, 1270x1016mm. ca. 1813