Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.7865
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    Portrait of Walter Crum

    Date
    ca.1860-1865
    Sitter
    Walter Crum (1796 - 1867, British) , Chemist
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 85mm
    width (print): 56mm
    height (mount): 98mm
    width (mount): 59mm
    Subject
    Description
    Full length studio portrait of Walter Crum leaning with his right elbow on a marble sculptural plinth, a patterned curtain to the left of picture.

    The reverse is stamped: “MAULL & POLYBLANK, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 55, Gracechurch St. & 187a, Piccadilly, LONDON.”

    Walter Crum was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844.
    Transcription
    MAULL & POLYBLANK, 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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