Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2002
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    Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley

    Date
    1877
    Sitter
    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895, British) , Biologist
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 219mm
    width (print): 168mm
    height (mount): 283mm
    width (mount): 229mm
    Subject
    Description
    Oval head and shoulders portrait of T H Huxley, full face looking directly to camera.

    Paper label verso, inscribed in ink: “WET-PLATE PHOTOGRAPH OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY TAKEN IN 1877.”

    Thomas Henry Huxley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. He served as President of the Royal Society 1883-1885.
    Transcription
    WET-PLATE PHOTOGRAPH OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY TAKEN IN 1877.
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