Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Finish:Single view of the building which

view of the building which housed the Royal Exhibition of 1862

Interior view of the Sessions House on Newington Causeway

In the foreground four counsel sit and to the right an usher leans back asleep

Gassiot was the donor of the Gassiot Collection of paintings in the permanent collection of the Corporation of London

playing cup and ball with the globe

Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Finish:Single view of the building whichSamuel McPherson, Scottish soldier, 1743. 'Samuel McPherson, corporal, in his highland ridgmentals [sic], the most active in the desersion [sic]. The posture in presenting his firelock at Capt Ball in Lady Wood, and was shot at the Tower, July 18 1743'. McPherson was a soldier in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). Having been ordered to London, some of the regimant's soldiers deserted after hearing a rumour that they were to be shipped out to