Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.7841
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Portrait of Henry Christmas
Date
early 1860s
Sitter
Henry Noel-Fearn (1811 - 1868, British) , Author
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 89mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 99mm
width (mount): 64mm
width (print): 58mm
height (mount): 99mm
width (mount): 64mm
Content object
Description
Full length studio portrait of the Reverend Henry Christmas, seated and in near left profile. The sitter’s right hand rests upon an open book, one of two volumes on a cloth-covered table. A similar richly patterned drape appears behind.
The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY LONDON.”
Henry Christmas [later Noel-Fearn] was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.
The reverse has various inscriptions. Printed: “Maull & Polyblank, Photographers, 55 GRACECHURCH STREET, and 187a, PICCADILLY LONDON.”
Henry Christmas [later Noel-Fearn] was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.
Transcription
MAULL & POLYBLANK, Photographers, 53 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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