Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18059

    Portrait of Richard Bright

    Date
    1850s
    Sitter
    Richard Bright (1789 - 1858, British) , Physician
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 200mm
    Subject
    Content object
    furniture
       > chair
    Description
    Three quarter length portrait of Richard Bright, half-turned to the left [as viewed]. He wears a white shirt underneath a dark waistcoat, suit jacket and cravat, and rests his hands against the chair in front of him. He appears to be holding a print of a bearded man in profile.

    Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co. London’

    Richard Bright (1789-1858) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
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