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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of Sir George Biddell Airy on his 90th Birthday, by Morgan & Kidd, Greenwich, 1891

Inventory Number 62960


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.62960

Item type
Object
Other inscriptions
Inscribed 'Simms.' [in error] and 'Astronomers' [in R. T. Gunther's hand].
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 315mm Width: 235mm Depth: 2mm Weight: 73g
Inventory No
62960

Description

Gelatine print mounted on pale blue card. Portrait of Sir George B. Airy, seated three-quarter length, turned to right and looking slightly right of front, taken in his garden on his 90th birthday, July 27, 1891. This is the largest of three versions of this famous photograph held in the museum's collection; see also 49808 and 61511.