Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7749
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    Potrait of Isaac Bayley Balfour

    Date
    ca. 1884
    Sitter
    Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853 - 1922, British) , Botanist
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 145mm
    width (print): 100mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Description
    Formail photographic portrait of Isaac Bayley Balfour, head and shoulders, seated left.

    Inscription on card reads: MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON

    Balfour was appointed Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford in 1884. He was Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh from 1888 to 1922.

    Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1884.

    Transcription
    MAULL & FOX
    187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
    Object history
    Henry Maull (1829-1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals. Maull formed several partnerships during his career:

    Maull & Polyblank 1856-1865: in partnership with George Henry Polyblank
    Maull, Henry & Co 1866-1872
    Maull & Co 1873-1878
    Maull & Fox 1879-1908: in partnership with John Fox (1832-1907)

    The Royal Society holds approximately 600 photographic portraits of Fellows taken at Henry Maull studios between the mid-nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.
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