Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7760
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Portrait of Alfred Barnard Basset
Date
1890s
Sitter
Alfred Barnard Basset (1854 - 1930, British) , Mathematician
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Fox , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 91mm
width (print): 60mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
width (print): 60mm
height (mount): 103mm
width (mount): 62mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Alfred Barnard Basset facing directly to camera.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & FOX, 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON. The reverse has various inscriptions including a series of printed coats of arms and “MAULL & FOX PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY Portrait and Miniature Painters, 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON. Marion Imp. Paris.” There is a manuscript negative number: “186537c”.
Alfred Barnard Basset was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & FOX, 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON. The reverse has various inscriptions including a series of printed coats of arms and “MAULL & FOX PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY Portrait and Miniature Painters, 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON. Marion Imp. Paris.” There is a manuscript negative number: “186537c”.
Alfred Barnard Basset was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.
Transcription
MAULL & FOX, 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
MAULL & FOX PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY Portrait and Miniature Painters, 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON. Marion Imp. Paris
186537c
MAULL & FOX PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY Portrait and Miniature Painters, 187A, PICCADILLY LONDON. Marion Imp. Paris
186537c
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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