Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7
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Scientists at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Date
1889
Sitter
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824 - 1907, British) , Physicist
Andrew Noble (1831 - 1915, Scottish) , Industrialist
Osborne Reynolds (1842 - 1912, British) , Engineer
George Smyth Baden-Powell (1847 - 1898, British) , Politician
Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (1827 - 1902, British) , Chemist
Frederick Joseph Bramwell (1818 - 1903, British) , Mechanical engineer
William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843 - 1920, British) , Photographer
Andrew Noble (1831 - 1915, Scottish) , Industrialist
Osborne Reynolds (1842 - 1912, British) , Engineer
George Smyth Baden-Powell (1847 - 1898, British) , Politician
Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (1827 - 1902, British) , Chemist
Frederick Joseph Bramwell (1818 - 1903, British) , Mechanical engineer
William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843 - 1920, British) , Photographer
Creator
Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton (1863 - 1930, British) , Electrical engineer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 280mm
width (print): 390mm
height (mount): 430mm
width (mount): 548mm
width (print): 390mm
height (mount): 430mm
width (mount): 548mm
Subject
Description
Group portrait centred on William Thomson, Baron Kelvin FRS (1824-1907) mathematician and physicist, seated in a wicker chair looking to the left as viewed, with his legs extended. He wears a hat and monocle. Also seated are to the left, Sir Andrew Noble FRS (1831-1915) industrialist and expert in artillery: and to the right, Osborne Reynolds FRS (1842-1912) engineer and physicist. Behind, left-to-right are: Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell (1847-1898) politician and author; Sir Frederick Abel FRS (1827-1902) chemist and explosives expert; Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell FRS (1818-1903) mechanical engineer; and Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney FRS (1843-1920) civil servant and photographic scientist.
Frederick Bramwell is posed holding spectacles or a pince-nez in his right hand and peering over Kelvin towards a curved stool in the foreground of the picture, upon which is a pyramid of coloured billiard or snooker balls in a triangular rack.
Inscribed on the mount “1889”. Paper label verso, inscribed in ink with a key to the sitters. Inscribed in pencil “2668/4”.
The 1889 meeting of the British Association was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Abney was President of Section A (Mathematical and Physical Science) with Andrew Noble and William Thomson among the vice-presidents. Frederick Abel was a vice-president of Section B (Chemical Science) and Frederick Bramwell a vice-president of Section G (Mechanical Science).
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, was President of the Royal Society 1890-1895.
Frederick Bramwell is posed holding spectacles or a pince-nez in his right hand and peering over Kelvin towards a curved stool in the foreground of the picture, upon which is a pyramid of coloured billiard or snooker balls in a triangular rack.
Inscribed on the mount “1889”. Paper label verso, inscribed in ink with a key to the sitters. Inscribed in pencil “2668/4”.
The 1889 meeting of the British Association was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Abney was President of Section A (Mathematical and Physical Science) with Andrew Noble and William Thomson among the vice-presidents. Frederick Abel was a vice-president of Section B (Chemical Science) and Frederick Bramwell a vice-president of Section G (Mechanical Science).
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, was President of the Royal Society 1890-1895.
Object history
A print of this photograph, with other scientific portraits, was exhibited at the Royal Society conversazione, 15 May 1929, by A. A. Campbell Swinton.
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