Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2889
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    Portrait of Andrew Noble

    Date
    1887
    Sitter
    Andrew Noble (1831 - 1915, Scottish) , Industrialist
    Creator
    Unknown, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 300mm
    width (print): 243mm
    height (mount): 441mm
    width (mount): 370mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Three-quarter length seated portrait of Andrew Noble, showing him surrounding by plants in the corner of a domestic glasshouse. He is seen in a dark three-piece suit with a white shirt and striped tie. He is holding his spectacles in his right hand and a letter in his left.

    Sir Andrew Noble (1831-1915), Scottish physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1870, he was awarded the Royal Medal in 1880.
    Transcription
    NOBLE SIR ANDREW FRS
    ELECTED 2 JUNE 1870
    CABINET DRAWER 4
    SIR ANDREW NOBLE FRS (IN 1887)
    ELECTED 2/6/1870
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