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Image number: RS.7822
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Portrait of John Fox Burgoyne
Date
ca.1860-1865
Sitter
John Fox Burgoyne (1782 - 1871, British) , Military engineer
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 89mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 98mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Full length studio portrait of John Fox Burgoyne, his right hand resting upon a marble pillar with a curtain or drape behind. Burgoyne holds a sheaf of papers in his right hand and a hat and umbrella in his left.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.”
Field Marshall Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.”
Field Marshall Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1856.
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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