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Photograph (Woodburytype) of Charles William Siemens, by J. E. Mayall, 1878

Inventory Number 12673


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003. Part of the Elliott Archive.
Primary inscriptions
Captioned on the printed page: 'From a photograph by Mr. E. J. Mayall.' [correctly J.E.].
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Photograph
Inventory No
12673
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

Woodburytype mounted directly on to the printed page of the periodical, on the front of the issue for February 1, 1878 (vol.6 no.120), page 41. Portrait of Charles William Siemens, seated half length, turned slightly to left but looking nearly front. Detached from the page and loosely inserted (in fact except for a pressure mark there is no sign adhesive). The photograph accompanies a biographical article (pages 41-44).