Portrait of Samuel Peace Pratt
Date
1855
Sitter
Samuel Peace Pratt (1789 - 1863, British) , Naturalist
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Samuel Peace Pratt in a dark three-piece suit with a white shirt and black bowtie. He is turned slightly to his left and holds a small geological specimen in his left hand, with a larger rock sample on table beside him. The rock is seen next to a large book, indicating his knowledge of geology and conchology.
Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co London.’
Samuel Peace Pratt (1789 - 1863), British naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.
Inscribed below: ‘Photographed by Messrs Maull & Co London.’
Samuel Peace Pratt (1789 - 1863), British naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1842.