Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7745
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Portrait of George Back
Date
Early 1860s
Sitter
Sir George Back (1796 - 1878, British) , Naval Officer
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 90mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 97mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 97mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Full-length portrait of Back in an apparently domestic setting, standing before a fireplace over which are sculptures and an oval mirror. Back faces the left as viewed, not quite in profile. He stands on patterned rugs with a chair and table in front of him: his right hand on the chair-back, the left arm held behind his back.
The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON.”
Sir George Back was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847.
The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON.”
Sir George Back was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847.
Transcription
Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 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.
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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