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Photograph (Albumen Print) of Robert Braithwaite, by Maull & Fox, London, 1903

Inventory Number 12043


Item type
Object
Provenance
Royal Microscopical Society archive.
Primary inscriptions
Printed in front: 'Copyright | Maull & Fox, 187A- Piccadilly, London.'; on back: 'Maull & Fox | Established 1854. | Artists & Photographers | to the | Royal Family | ...' and royal arms and decoration. Inscribed on back: 'Dr. Braithwaite. | presented to the Society | Dec. 16. 1903'.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 166mm Width: 106mm
Inventory No
12043

Description

Albumen print mounted on card, cabinet format. Seated three-quarter length, slightly to left but looking front, jis right elbow resting on a book. Nearly new condition. Braithwaite (1824-1917) was President of the RMS in 1891-92, though the date of the photograph is most likely that of the inscription, 1903.