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Photograph (Albumen Print, Cabinet Format) of W. W. Bryant, by Morgan & Kidd, Greenwich, c.1891

Inventory Number 38728


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 mount only.
Other inscriptions
Modern identifying inscription on back.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 165mm Width: 109mm
Inventory No
38728

Description

Albumen print (?or sepia toned early gelatine print) mounted on card, cabinet format. Portrait of W. W. Bryant (an assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich), head and shoulders, turned to left and looking nearly front, vignetted. The serial number is slightly higher than that of Airy on his 90th birthday (49808), hence the date is 1891/92.

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.