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Photograph (Albumen Print, Carte de Visite) of A. C. de la C. Crommelin, by J. H. Lord, Cambridge, c.1890

Inventory Number 61072


Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Observatory (Department of Astrophysics), Oxford. From University Observatory box 3; formerly in album. Originally belonging to H. H. Turner.
Primary inscriptions
Printed photographer's details on front of carte de visite mount.
Other inscriptions
Modern identifying inscription on back.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 104mm Width: 63mm
Inventory No
61072

Description

Albumen print (?or sepia toned early gelatine print) mounted on card, a carte de visite mounted on a blank cabinet format card for insertion into an album. Portrait of Andrew C. de la C. Crommelin, head and shoulders, turned to left, vignetted. Crommelin graduated at Cambridge, where the photograph was taken, in 1886, and became an assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in 1891.

Formerly contained in H. H. Turner's album of cabinet format portraits of Royal Observatory staff and other astronomers (13001), now empty. For a list of other photographs not in this album see narratives.