Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.405
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Portrait of John Bowring
Date
ca.1870 [?]
Sitter
John Bowring (1792 - 1872, British) , Politician
Creator
Henry Joseph Whitlock (1792 - 1872, British) , Photographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 91mm
width (print): 59mm
height (mount): 102mm
width (mount): 64mm
width (print): 59mm
height (mount): 102mm
width (mount): 64mm
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Description
Three quarter length seated studio portrait of John Bowring, half turned to the right as viewed. Bowring wears spectacles and holds a book in his right hand, the index finger marking a place.
Printed verso: “PHOTOGRAPHED by H.J.Whitlock 11, NEW STREET BIRMINGHAM” with a monogrammed and crowned badge.
Sir John Bowring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Printed verso: “PHOTOGRAPHED by H.J.Whitlock 11, NEW STREET BIRMINGHAM” with a monogrammed and crowned badge.
Sir John Bowring was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Transcription
PHOTOGRAPHED by H.J.Whitlock 11, NEW STREET BIRMINGHAM
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