Print (Collotype, from a Photograph) of Washington Teasdale at his Desk, c.1897

Collotype (or similar photomechanical reproduction), from a photograph, probably a self-portrait. Teasdale is shown approximately half length, seated at his desk, facing front, posed as if writing. Items on the desk include a sundial, and a microscope is behind him to the right. He is wearing a velvet jacket.

The society he was president of (in the caption) was probably Leeds Astronomical Society. The photograph on a printed sheet was evidently produced for the society, either at the end of his presidency or at the time of his death in 1903.

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