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Photograph (Albumen Print, Cabinet Format) of a Bust of Alexander Dickson, by George Shaw, Edinburgh, c.1887

Inventory Number 24152


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.24152

Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably from R. T. Gunther.
Primary inscriptions
Printed photographer's details on front and back of mount. Photographer's blind stamp on corner of photograph.
Other inscriptions
Identifying inscriptions front and back, that on the photo by R. T. Gunther.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 166mm Width: 107mm
Inventory No
24152

Description

Albumen print mounted on card, cabinet format. Bust of Alexander Dickson; it looks like carved stone. Dickson (1836-1887) was professor of botany successively at Dublin (1866-68), Glasgow (1868-79), and Edinburgh (1879-87), The bust and photograph seem likely to date from shortly after his untimely death.