Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18111

    Portrait of William Tooke

    Date
    1850S
    Sitter
    William Tooke (1777 - 1863) , Lawyer
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 200mm
    Subject
    Content object
    furniture
       > chair
    furniture
       > table
    Description
    Seated portrait of William Tooke turned to the right [as viewed]. He wears a white shirt underneath a dark waistcoat and dinner jacket. One of his hands rests on the table next to him, the other in his lap.

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

    William Tooke (1777-1863) British lawyer and promoter of arts and literature was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818.
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > United Kingdom
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