Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.153
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Portrait of Charles Babbage
Date
ca. 1864
Sitter
Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Creator
J M Mackie (British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 93mm
width (print): 60mm
height (mount): 95mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 60mm
height (mount): 95mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Babbage, seated, body turned to the left as viewed, Babbage looking to camera.
The image is embossed “J M MACKIE PHOTO”. The reverse has two inscriptions. Top, in ink: “For my dear Aunt Fanny from her affectionate nephew B Herschel Babbage”. [Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815-1878)]. Below “Copied from a negative taken for the Statistical Society about 1864.
Charles Babbage was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
The image is embossed “J M MACKIE PHOTO”. The reverse has two inscriptions. Top, in ink: “For my dear Aunt Fanny from her affectionate nephew B Herschel Babbage”. [Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815-1878)]. Below “Copied from a negative taken for the Statistical Society about 1864.
Charles Babbage was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Transcription
J M MACKIE PHOTO
For my dear Aunt Fanny from her affectionate nephew B Herschel Babbage
Copied from a negative taken for the Statistical Society about 1864
For my dear Aunt Fanny from her affectionate nephew B Herschel Babbage
Copied from a negative taken for the Statistical Society about 1864
Object history
This photograph was originally owned by the Babbage family.
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