Portrait of Charles Vernon Boys
Date
late 19th century
Sitter
Charles Vernon Boys (1855 - 1944, British) , Physicist
Creator
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813 - 1901, British) , Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 154mm
width (print): 111mm
height (card support): 264mm
width (card support): 210 mm
width (print): 111mm
height (card support): 264mm
width (card support): 210 mm
Subject
Description
Formal half portrait of Charles Vernon Boys, seated to the left and looking left of the camera as viewed. He wears a white shirt, a tie and a waistcoat underneath a suit jacket.
Printed on the front of the card support: ‘Mayall & Co. Ltd 126 Piccadilly’
Inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the card support: ‘21218a C.V.B’
Charles Vernon Boys (1855-1944) British physicist and inventor, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1888.
Printed on the front of the card support: ‘Mayall & Co. Ltd 126 Piccadilly’
Inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the card support: ‘21218a C.V.B’
Charles Vernon Boys (1855-1944) British physicist and inventor, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1888.
Object history
From MS/928, a collection of Boys’ papers donated to the Society by John V Boys in 2018.