Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled The industrious apprentice works busily

The industrious apprentice works busily while the idle apprentice has fallen asleep

A merry fiddler

' Plate 4 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester

With the royal procession in boats on the River Thames and a hot air balloon in the sky

with their plastic sheets ready to protect them from the rain

Portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) Finish:Rolled The industrious apprentice works busilyOval half length portrait of Gibbs with an open coat and open shirt collar, his right hand held loosely before his midriff. Behind, an architectural background. Inscribed: 'A Bannerman sculp. JAMES GIBBS. ' In pencil lower left '1729' and lower right '1 '. James Gibbs was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729. Original: engraving. 1762