Portrait of Henry Nottidge Moseley
Date
c.1900
Sitter
Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844 - 1891, British) , Naturalist
Creator
Charles Wittmann (1876 - 1953, French) , Printmaker
After
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Henry Nottidge Moseley within a square frame. He is shown in a loose jacket, a white shirt and a dark tie. He is presented turned slightly towards his left. This likeness is an etching based on a studio photograph of Moseley.
Inscribed below: ‘HENRY NOTTIDGE MOSELEY, M.A., F.R.S. / Born 1844___Died 1891 / Naturalist on H.M.S. Challenger, 1873-1876. / Linacre Professor of Human and Comparative Anatomy / in the University of Oxford, 1881-1891.’ ‘Imprimé par Ch. Wittmann, Paris’
Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844-1891), British naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1887 and delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1878.
Inscribed below: ‘HENRY NOTTIDGE MOSELEY, M.A., F.R.S. / Born 1844___Died 1891 / Naturalist on H.M.S. Challenger, 1873-1876. / Linacre Professor of Human and Comparative Anatomy / in the University of Oxford, 1881-1891.’ ‘Imprimé par Ch. Wittmann, Paris’
Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844-1891), British naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1887 and delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1878.