Portrait of William Huggins
Date
1909
Sitter
William Huggins (1824 - 1910, British) , Astronomer
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
45286
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 187mm
width (print): 151mm
width (print): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Huggins seated in the observatory at Tulse Hill, London with the Grubb equatorial telescope. He is dressed in a wool three-piece suit with a watch chain and seal attached to his waistcoat. He has a full beard and mid-length white hair.
Inscribed ‘INTERIOR OF THE OBSERVATORY. (From Social England, by permission of Messrs Cassell & Co.)'
Frontispiece to The Scientific Papers of Sir William Huggins by Sir William Huggins and Lady Margaret Huggins (1909). Originally taken from Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. (Cassell and Company, 1904).
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865 and served as its President between 1900-1905.
Inscribed ‘INTERIOR OF THE OBSERVATORY. (From Social England, by permission of Messrs Cassell & Co.)'
Frontispiece to The Scientific Papers of Sir William Huggins by Sir William Huggins and Lady Margaret Huggins (1909). Originally taken from Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. (Cassell and Company, 1904).
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865 and served as its President between 1900-1905.