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Image number: RS.7820
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Portrait of Samuel Hawkesley Burbury
Date
ca. 1890
Sitter
Samuel Hawksley Burbury (1831 - 1911, British) , Mathematician
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Fox , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 98mm
width (print): 98mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Formal photographic portrait of Samuel Hawkesley Burbury, three-quarter length, full face. Hawkesley is standing with his left hand in his coat pocket and right hand on a folded umbrella.
Inscription on card reads: 'MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON'
Burbury was trained as a lawyer but left the practice due to deafness. He subsequently wrote on electricity, magnetism and mathematics in conjunction with his friend Henry William Watson (1827-1903). He published A treatise on the kinetic theory of gases in 1899.
Burbury was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890.
Inscription on card reads: 'MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON'
Burbury was trained as a lawyer but left the practice due to deafness. He subsequently wrote on electricity, magnetism and mathematics in conjunction with his friend Henry William Watson (1827-1903). He published A treatise on the kinetic theory of gases in 1899.
Burbury was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890.
Transcription
MAULL & FOX
187A PICCADILLY, LONDON
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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