Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.22034

    Portrait of Roderick Impey Murchison

    Date
    c.1855
    Sitter
    Roderick Impey Murchison (1792 - 1871, Scottish) , Geologist
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 200mm
    width (print): 145mm
    Subject
    Description
    Three-quarter length standing portrait of Roderick Impey Murchison in a dark coat, white shirt and patterned bowtie. A military medal can be seen affixed to this right lapel. He is shown holding a short cane in his right hand, which rests on a small table beside him.

    Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co London.’

    Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (1792-1871), Scottish geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1849.
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