Thomas Davidson RA (17 January 1842 – November 1919) was an English painter specialising in historical naval scenes.

[5] Davidson's approach to persevering with disability in a not universally compassionate age made him an erudite man.

For periods his painting focused on particular themes; for example, he completed between 1894 and 1899 a series relating to Lord Nelson,[10] including the referential England's Pride and Glory (1894) which incorporates remarkable reproductions of three Nelson-related works by other painters.

The large painting to the left is George Arnald's The Destruction of 'L'Orient' at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798;[11] at the upper-right is Richard Westall's Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch, 3 July 1797;[12] and, to the lower-right, the most famous portrait of Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott.

[17] as the church's principal adornment[4] – illustrates the miracle of the healing of the deaf mute of Decapolis in Mark 7:31-37.