Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.400
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Portrait of James Scott Bowerbank
Date
1864
Sitter
James Scott Bowerbank (1797 - 1877, British) , Naturalist
Creator
Ernest Edwards (1837 - 1903, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 89mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Full-length studio portrait of James Scott Bowerbank seated on a wooden chair against a painted backdrop. Bowerbank is half-turned to the left as viewed and looks to camera. His left arm leans against the curved back of a fringed and tasselled chair or chaise-longue.
Printed verso, with a lion and unicorn royal badge: “POULTON, 352 STRAND, W.C. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF H.M. THE QUEEN.”
James Scott Bowerbank was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.
Printed verso, with a lion and unicorn royal badge: “POULTON, 352 STRAND, W.C. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF H.M. THE QUEEN.”
James Scott Bowerbank was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.
Transcription
POULTON, 352 STRAND, W.C. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF H.M. THE QUEEN.
MAULL & Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. 187A PICCADILLY W. 82 CHEAPSIDE EC. TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD. LONDON
37705
MAULL & Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. 187A PICCADILLY W. 82 CHEAPSIDE EC. TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD. LONDON
37705
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