Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley
Date
1889
Sitter
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895, British) , Biologist
Creator
Stanisław Julian Ostroróg (1836 - 1890, Polish) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three-quarter length standing portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley in a black jacket and waistcoat with a white shirt and black bowtie. He is shown against a dark studio background, holding a book in his left hand and with his grey hair combed backwards.
Inscribed below: ‘Thomas.H.Huxley/WALERY, PHOTOGRAPHER/TO THE QUEEN./164, REGENT STREET, LONDON/PROFESSOR HUXLEY, L.L.D, F.R.S.’
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British biologist and anthropologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851, he served as its President from 1883 to 1885.
Inscribed below: ‘Thomas.H.Huxley/WALERY, PHOTOGRAPHER/TO THE QUEEN./164, REGENT STREET, LONDON/PROFESSOR HUXLEY, L.L.D, F.R.S.’
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British biologist and anthropologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851, he served as its President from 1883 to 1885.