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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of R. J. Farrants and the Peters Machine, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 83179


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.83179

Item type
Object
Provenance
Royal Microscopical Society archive.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 295mm Width: 246mm
Inventory No
83179

Description

Gelatine print. A later (but not modern) slightly enlarged copy of the original albumen print (69566; see also 66818). The image shows Farrants seated full length beside the Peters Machine for microscopical writing, an upholstered footstool to the left.