Portrait of James Glaisher
Date
late 19th century to early 20th century
Sitter
James Glaisher (1809 - 1903, British) , Meteorologist
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813 - 1901, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
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width (print): 125mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
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Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of James Glaisher in three quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears a dark suit with high-collared shirt and cravat. He has short hair with side-whiskers.
Inscribed ‘From a Photo by J Matall Junr. JAMES GLAISHER, F.R.S., F.R.A.S. First President of the Royal Microscopical Society. 1865-6, 1867-8.’
James Glaisher (1809-1903), astronomer and meteorologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p25.
Inscribed ‘From a Photo by J Matall Junr. JAMES GLAISHER, F.R.S., F.R.A.S. First President of the Royal Microscopical Society. 1865-6, 1867-8.’
James Glaisher (1809-1903), astronomer and meteorologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p25.
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