Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.3559
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Portrait of Adam Sedgwick
Date
1862
Sitter
Adam Sedgwick (1785 - 1873, British) , Geologist
Creator
Robert Hills (1821 - 1882, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 196mm
width (print): 148mm
height (mount): 299mm
width (mount): 244mm
width (print): 148mm
height (mount): 299mm
width (mount): 244mm
Subject
Description
Three quarter length portrait of Adam Sedgwick, seated on a wooden gothic revival style chair with his hands clasped. To his right is a clothed table upon which rest three books.
Contemporary ink inscription: “Oct. 3 1862 A Sedgwick”. Bearing an embossed stamp “HILLS PHOTOGRAPHERS OXFORD”. Monogram initial verso.
Adam Sedgwick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Contemporary ink inscription: “Oct. 3 1862 A Sedgwick”. Bearing an embossed stamp “HILLS PHOTOGRAPHERS OXFORD”. Monogram initial verso.
Adam Sedgwick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Transcription
Oct. 3 1862 A Sedgwick
HILLS PHOTOGRAPHERS OXFORD
HILLS PHOTOGRAPHERS OXFORD
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