Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7823
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Portrait of Thomas Burnet
Date
ca.1860-1865
Sitter
Thomas Burnet (British) , Clergyman
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 89mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 102mm
width (mount): 63mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 102mm
width (mount): 63mm
Subject
Description
Full length studio portrait of Thomas Burnet, seated in near-profile, looking to the left as viewed. Burnet, wearing spectacles, is posed before a carved wooden table, a folded sheaf of paper in his right hand which rests on the tabletop.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.” A negative number is inscribed in ink: “30677”.
The Rev Thomas Burnet was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
Printed below the image: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON.” The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON.” A negative number is inscribed in ink: “30677”.
The Rev Thomas Burnet was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
Transcription
MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON
MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON
30677
MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY, LONDON
30677
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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