Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.3420
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Portrait of John Scott Russell
Date
1878
Sitter
John Scott Russell (1808 - 1882, British) , Engineer
Creator - Organisation
Lock and Whitfield , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 114mm
width (print): 90mm
height (mount): 269mm
width (mount): 208mm
width (print): 90mm
height (mount): 269mm
width (mount): 208mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Russell looking to the right as viewed and wearing holly leaves in his lapel.
Oval within a printed decorative border. Printed inscription: “JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL. Lock and Whitfield. Woodbury Process”. With an original printed sheet containing a brief biography of the subject.
John Scott Russell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
Oval within a printed decorative border. Printed inscription: “JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL. Lock and Whitfield. Woodbury Process”. With an original printed sheet containing a brief biography of the subject.
John Scott Russell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
Transcription
JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL. Lock and Whitfield. Woodbury Process
Object history
Purchased, 27 February 1985.
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