Portrait of Peter Mark Roget
Date
1850s
Sitter
Peter Mark Roget (1779 - 1869, British) , Physician
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
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Description
Seated portrait of Peter Mark Roget turned to the left [as viewed]. He wears a white shirt underneath a dark cravat, waistcoat and dinner jacket and holds a pen in his right hand. A table with two books resting on it is visible behind him.
Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co. London’
Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) British physician and philologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. He served as Secretary between 1827 and 1848, and Vice President between 1849 and 1850.
Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co. London’
Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) British physician and philologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. He served as Secretary between 1827 and 1848, and Vice President between 1849 and 1850.
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