Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.192
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Portrait of John Hutton Balfour
Date
1870s
Sitter
John Hutton Balfour (1808 - 1884, British) , Botanist
Creator
John Moffat (1819 - 1894, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 93mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 105mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 105mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Balfour wearing a coat, waistcoat and white tie. The sitter has prominent side whiskers and facing slightly to the left as viewed.
Printed below the image: “MOFFAT, 103 PRINCES STREET EDINBURGH.”. The reverse has a monogram and facsimile signature of Moffat printed in red with the address repeated. Stamped in ink “W.WEDDELL 48, SOUTH BRIDGE EDINBURGH”
John Hutton Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Printed below the image: “MOFFAT, 103 PRINCES STREET EDINBURGH.”. The reverse has a monogram and facsimile signature of Moffat printed in red with the address repeated. Stamped in ink “W.WEDDELL 48, SOUTH BRIDGE EDINBURGH”
John Hutton Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Transcription
MOFFAT, 103 PRINCES STREET EDINBURGH
W.WEDDELL 48, SOUTH BRIDGE EDINBURGH
W.WEDDELL 48, SOUTH BRIDGE EDINBURGH
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