Portrait of Margaret Huggins
Date
1909
Sitter
Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848 - 1915, Irish) , Astronomer
Creator - Organisation
Swan Electric Engraving Company, Printmaker
After
Reginald Haines (1872 - 1942, British) , Photographer
Object type
Library reference
45286
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 158mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Margaret Huggins seated in front of a bookshelf with arms folderd in her lap. She is inclined to the left but looking directly to viewer. She wears a dress with velvet trim and lace collar and has a large pendant necklace.
Inscribed ‘Photo by Reginald Haines. Swan Electric Engraving Co. Ltd.’
Frontispiece to The Scientific Papers of Sir William Huggins by Sir William Huggins and Lady Margaret Huggins (1909).
Dame Margaret Lindsay Huggins, née Murray (1848-1915), was an Irish-born astronomer and spectroscopist.
Inscribed ‘Photo by Reginald Haines. Swan Electric Engraving Co. Ltd.’
Frontispiece to The Scientific Papers of Sir William Huggins by Sir William Huggins and Lady Margaret Huggins (1909).
Dame Margaret Lindsay Huggins, née Murray (1848-1915), was an Irish-born astronomer and spectroscopist.