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Photograph (Cyanotype) of a Portrait of Louis Pasteur, by Washington Teasdale, Probably 1880s

Inventory Number 66379


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949. From the collection of Richard Inwards.
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed on front: 'Dr. Pasteur'.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 99mm Width: 71mm
Inventory No
66379
Accession Number
1949-10

Description

Cyanotype (blueprint) positive. Copy of a portrait (painting, but probably photographed from a printed reproduction) of Pasteur, standing by a window with his microscope.

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