Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.757
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Portrait of Thomas Spencer Cobbold
Date
ca. 1865-1870
Sitter
Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1828 - 1886, British) , Helminthologist
Creator - Organisation
Ernest Edwards, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 82mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three quarter length seated studio portrait of Thomas Spencer Cobbold, looking directly to camera. Cobbold is posed with his right hand on a book, resting upon a table, showing a signet ring. His left hand is on his lap.
Printed below the image: “Ernest Edwards, 20, Baker St. W.” The same information appears verso, in manuscript or printed facsimile with other curatorial inscriptions.
Thomas Spencer Cobbold was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864.
Printed below the image: “Ernest Edwards, 20, Baker St. W.” The same information appears verso, in manuscript or printed facsimile with other curatorial inscriptions.
Thomas Spencer Cobbold was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864.
Transcription
Ernest Edwards, 20, Baker St. W
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