Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17682

    Portrait of Charles Lyell

    Date
    1846
    Sitter
    Charles Lyell (1797 - 1875, British) , Geologist
    Creator
    Albert Newsam (1809, American) , Lithographer
    After
    John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813 - 1901, British) , Photographer
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    Half length portrait of Charles Lyell, resting his elbow upon a stand on which a book lies, looking directly at the viewer. Lyell wears a dark jacket over a pin stripped [?] waistcoat and a white cravat.

    Forward facing inscription: 'P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil.a
    ChaLyell CHARLES LYELL ESQ.R F.R.S. F.G.S
    Published by J.E. Mayall, at his Gallery, Chesnut & 5th St. Phil.a...'

    Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) British geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
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