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    Image number: RS.7762
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    Portrait of Charles Spence Bate

    Date
    1860s
    Sitter
    Charles Spence Bate (1819 - 1889, British) , Dental surgeon
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Co, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 91mm
    width (print): 58mm
    height (mount): 103mm
    width (mount): 64mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Full length studio portrait of Charles Spence Bate seated and holding a book in both hands on his lap. Bate sits between a table, to the left as viewed and a curtain to the right.

    Printed below the image: “MAULL & Co. LONDON”. The reverse is variously inscribed and printed with a coat of arms: “MAULL & Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187a, PICCADILLY, and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON”. There is a pencilled negative number: “34805”.

    Charles Spence Bate was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861.
    Transcription
    MAULL & Co. LONDON
    MAULL & Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, 187a, PICCADILLY, and TAVISTOCK HOUSE, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON
    34805
    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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