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Photograph (Woodburytype) of David Edward Hughes, 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: 'Photographed for the journal by Mr. J. E. Mayall.'.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Photograph
Dimensions
Height: 116mm Width: 89mm
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 November 15, 1878 (vol.6 no.139), page 449. Portrait of D. E. Hughes, seated half length, turned slightly to left and looking more to left. The photograph was specially taken by Mayall to accompany a biographical article about Hughes (pages 449-51), who had come to prominence that very year as a result of his invention of the microphone.