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Image number: RS.7754
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Portrait of Robert Stawell Ball
Date
ca. 1873
Sitter
Robert Stawell Ball (1840 - 1913, British) , Astronomer
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Fox , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Formal photographic portrait of Robert Stawell Ball, three-quarter length, full face. Ball is seated at a desk holding a quill.
Inscription on card reads: PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
Robert Stawell Ball was tutor to the sons of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse between 1865 and1867. He became Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanism at the Royal College of Science, Dublin in 1867. Ball was appointed Astronomer Royal for Ireland in 1874.
Ball was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Inscription on card reads: PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
Robert Stawell Ball was tutor to the sons of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse between 1865 and1867. He became Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanism at the Royal College of Science, Dublin in 1867. Ball was appointed Astronomer Royal for Ireland in 1874.
Ball was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Transcription
PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAULL & FOX
187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
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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