Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7821
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    Portrait of George James Burch

    Date
    ca. 1900
    Sitter
    George James Burch (1852 - 1914, British) , Physician
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Fox , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 150mm
    width (print): 100mm
    Subject
    Description
    Formal photographic portrait of George James Burch, head and shoulders, full face.

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

    Burch was a professor of physics at the University of Reading between 1891 and 1892. From 1896 to 1898 he worked at the University of Oxford, where he published jointly with John Scott Burdon-Sanderson and Francis Gotch. He conducted research in physiological optics and studied ways to improve the capillary electrometer.

    Burch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1900.
    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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