Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.4086
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Portrait of Andrew Ure
Date
1853
Sitter
Andrew Ure (1778 - 1857, British) , Chemist
Creator
Hugh Welch Diamond (1809 - 1886, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 101mm
width (print): 78mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 214mm
width (print): 78mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 214mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half length portrait of Ure with two teenaged family members [?] to his right and left. Ure is holding an umbrella and looking to camera.
Oval, but printed on rectangular paper and card mounted. Inscribed in pencil lower left “Dr Andrew Ure F.R.S.”
Andrew Ure was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Oval, but printed on rectangular paper and card mounted. Inscribed in pencil lower left “Dr Andrew Ure F.R.S.”
Andrew Ure was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
Transcription
Dr Andrew Ure F.R.S
Object history
This portrait is not signed, but Ure’s age, dress and umbrella resemble those of the sitting for the Diamond portrait of Ure acquired by Prince Albert and held in the Royal Collection Trust (RCIN 2800656). The Royal Society also has a copy of this print.
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