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Image number: RS.7750
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Portrait of John Hutton Balfour
Date
Late 1860s
Sitter
John Hutton Balfour (1808 - 1884, British) , Botanist
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Co, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 91mm
width (print): 61mm
height (mount): 104mm
width (mount): 64mm
width (print): 61mm
height (mount): 104mm
width (mount): 64mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Full length studio portrait of Balfour wearing a frock coat and holding a top hat in his right hand. His left hand rests upon a chair back. A pair of gloves is lying on the seat of the chair.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & Co. LONDON”. The reverse is variously inscribed: printed “Maull & Co. Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187A, PICCADILLY and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON.” There is a pencilled negative number: “42357”.
John Hutton Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & Co. LONDON”. The reverse is variously inscribed: printed “Maull & Co. Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187A, PICCADILLY and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON.” There is a pencilled negative number: “42357”.
John Hutton Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Transcription
MAULL & Co. LONDON
Maull & Co. Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187A, PICCADILLY and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON.
42357
Maull & Co. Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187A, PICCADILLY and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON.
42357
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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