Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18067

    Portrait of Warren De la Rue

    Date
    1850s
    Sitter
    Warren De la Rue (1815 - 1889, British) , Astronomer
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 195mm
    width (print): 145mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Three quarter length portrait of Warren De la Rue turned slightly to the left [as viewed], looking out at the camera. He wears a white shirt underneath a dark waistcoat, dinner jacket and cravat, his hair short with side-whiskers. His right hand holds open a book on the table in front of him.

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

    Warren De la Rue (1815-1889) British astronomer and photographer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1850.
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