Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7818
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Portrait of Charles James Fox Bunbury
Date
ca.1855-1860
Sitter
Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 - 1886, British) , Naturalist
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 90mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Full length studio portrait of Sir Charles Bunbury, standing with one elbow leaning upon a wooden chair, his legs crossed. Bunbury is in near-profile facing to the left as viewed. Various articles of furniture are placed around him, with a painted landscape backdrop and balustrade acting as a curtained window.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.”
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th Baronet, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.”
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th Baronet, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851.
Transcription
MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON
MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON
MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 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.
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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