Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7786
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    Portrait of James Thomson Bottomley

    Date
    ca. 1888
    Sitter
    James Thomson Bottomley (1845 - 1926, British) , Electrical engineer
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 148mm
    width (print): 100mm
    Subject
    Description
    Formal photographic portrait of James Thomson Bottomley, head and shoulders, full face.

    Inscription on card reads: 'MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON'

    Bottomley held the post of Demonstrator of Experimental Physics at the University of Glasgow for 29 years. He published works on dynamics and hydrostatics. Bottomley was the nephew of physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907).

    Bottomley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1888.
    Transcription
    MAULL & FOX
    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.
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