Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.240
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Portrait of Charles Barry
Date
ca. 1855
Sitter
Charles Barry (1795 - 1860, British) , Architect
Creator
John Watkins (1823 - 1874, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 232mm
width (print): 186mm
height (mount): 262mm
width (mount): 218mm
width (print): 186mm
height (mount): 262mm
width (mount): 218mm
Subject
Description
Three quarter length portrait of Sir Charles Barry seated in a leather armchair.
Not signed or stamped. Several collections, including the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery (NPG Ax9207) have carte-de-visite details from this larger image, with the photographer’s identifying name credit. In pencil lower left: “1849”; and lower right "Sir Chas Barry”. Inscribed verso in ink: “BARRY, SIR CHARLES F.R.S. (1849)”.
Sir Charles Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849.
Not signed or stamped. Several collections, including the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery (NPG Ax9207) have carte-de-visite details from this larger image, with the photographer’s identifying name credit. In pencil lower left: “1849”; and lower right "Sir Chas Barry”. Inscribed verso in ink: “BARRY, SIR CHARLES F.R.S. (1849)”.
Sir Charles Barry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849.
Transcription
1849
Sir Chas Barry
BARRY, SIR CHARLES F.R.S. (1849)
Sir Chas Barry
BARRY, SIR CHARLES F.R.S. (1849)
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