Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7787
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    Portrait of Henry Taylor Bovey

    Date
    ca. 1902
    Sitter
    Henry Taylor Bovey (1850 - 1912, British) , Engineer
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 149mm
    width (print): 96mm
    Subject
    Description
    Formal photographic portrait of Henry Taylor Bovey, seated left, three-quarter face.

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

    Bovey was the first Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. In 1877, he became professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Bovey was a founder member of both the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the Liverpool Society of Civil Engineers.

    Bovey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1902.
    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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