Portrait of George Back (1796-18780 mb-height 5711 VE Day celebrations in London

VE Day celebrations in London at the end of the Second World War

September 30

Upper Norwood

presented at the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1838]

George Rankin and Harry Potts

Portrait of George Back (1796-18780 mb-height 5711 VE Day celebrations in LondonFull length portrait of Back in an apparently domestic setting, standing before a fireplace over which are sculptures and an oval mirror. Back faces the left as viewed, not quite in profile. He stands on patterned rugs with a chair and table in front of him: his right hand on the chair back, the left arm held behind his back. The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: 'Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187A, PICCADILLY