Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7810
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    Portrait of Horace Tabberer Brown

    Date
    ca. 1889
    Sitter
    Horace Tabberer Brown (1848 - 1925, British) , Chemist
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 146mm
    width (print): 98mm
    Subject
    Content object
    clothing
       > accessory
          > glasses
    clothing
       > accessory
          > spectacles
    Description
    Formal photographic portrait of Horace Tabberer Brown, head and shoulders, full face.

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

    Brown's scientific work was based around his profession as a brewer, he researched germination and fermentation. In later life he studied the assimilation of carbon dioxide in plants. Brown was awarded the Copley Medal in 1920.

    Brown was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.
    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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