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    Image number: RS.7735
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    Portrait of George Johnston Allman

    Date
    ca. 1879
    Sitter
    George Johnston Allman (1824 - 1904, British) , Mathematician
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 145mm
    width (print): 100mm
    Subject
    Content object
    clothing
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          > glasses
    clothing
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          > spectacles
    Description
    Formal photographic portrait of George Johnston Allman, head and shoulders, full face.

    Inscription on card reads: 'MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON'

    Allman was a mathematician and classical scholar. He was Professor of Mathematics at Queen's University of Ireland from 1853 until 1893. Allman is perhaps best known for his published work Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid, 1889.

    Allman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1884.
    Transcription
    MAULL & FOX
    187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
    Object history
    Henry Maull (1829-1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals. Maull formed several partnerships during his career:

    Maull & Polyblank 1856-1865: in partnership with George Henry Polyblank
    Maull, Henry & Co 1866-1872
    Maull & Co 1873-1878
    Maull & Fox 1879-1908: in partnership with John Fox (1832-1907)

    The Royal Society holds approximately 600 photographic portraits of Fellows taken at Henry Maull studios between the mid-nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.
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