Portrait of William Stokes
Date
c.1870
Sitter
William Stokes (1804 - 1878) , Physician
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 83mm
width (print): 53mm
height (mount): 117mm
width (mount): 83mm
width (print): 53mm
height (mount): 117mm
width (mount): 83mm
Subject
Description
Full length studio portrait of William Stokes, seated and in profile, looking to the right as viewed. With a small table behind and patterned carpet below, against a painted backdrop.
The photograph is a carte-de-visite but mounted within a card window with three gilded lines. A gilded paper label below is inscribed in ink: ‘Wm. Stokes, M.D.’
William Stokes (1804-1878), Irish physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861.
The photograph is a carte-de-visite but mounted within a card window with three gilded lines. A gilded paper label below is inscribed in ink: ‘Wm. Stokes, M.D.’
William Stokes (1804-1878), Irish physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861.
Object history
Purchased by the Royal Society, 2020.
Associated place