Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10601
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Portrait of James Holman
Date
ca. 1834
Sitter
James Holman (1786 - 1857, British) , Naval officer
Creator
Edward Francis Finden (1791 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Charles Wageman (1787 - 1863, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
44753
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 206mm
width (print): 126mm
width (print): 126mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half length portrait of James Holman posed with a writing block and stylus. Behind the sitter is a painting of a naval scene with a terrestrial globe, in reference to Holman’s career as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and, later, as a travel writer.
Inscribed below: ‘Wageman del. E.Finden sc. JAMES HOLMAN, R.N., F.R.S. “Total eclipse! Nor Sun, nor Moon;/All dark amidst the blaze of noon.” Published by Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill.’
Frontispiece to A voyage round the world, including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, by James Holman, vol.1 (London, 1834)..
James Holman, known to his contemporaries as ‘The Blind Traveller’, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Inscribed below: ‘Wageman del. E.Finden sc. JAMES HOLMAN, R.N., F.R.S. “Total eclipse! Nor Sun, nor Moon;/All dark amidst the blaze of noon.” Published by Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill.’
Frontispiece to A voyage round the world, including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, by James Holman, vol.1 (London, 1834)..
James Holman, known to his contemporaries as ‘The Blind Traveller’, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
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