Omslag voor het portret van Sir Richard Owen met biografie door Herbert Fry, Maull & Polyblank, 1856

Title(s)

Omslag voor het portret van Sir Richard Owen met biografie door Herbert Fry
Professor Owen (title on object)
Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities (series title on object)

Object type

• publication

Object number

RP-F-2001-18

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘No. 1. MAY, 1856. Price 5s./ Photographic Portraits/ of/ Living Celebrities;/ executed by/ Maull and Polyblank./ This number contains a portrait of/ Professor Owen./ with/ A Biographical Notice,/ written by Herbert Fry./ London:/ MAULL & POLYBANK,/ 55, GRACECHURCH STREET, AND 187a, PICCADILLY./ W. KENT & CO. (LATE D. BOGUE), 86, FLEET STREET,/ AND ALL BOOK AND PRINTSELLERS.’
• name: ‘ROYAL SOCIETY/ N.S.W.’
• inscription: ‘(...)/ No. 1, CONTAINING PROFESSOR OWEN, F.R.S./ No. 2, " The Right Hon. LORD MACAULAY./ No. 3, " R. STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P., F.R.S./ No. 4, " J. A. ROEBUCK, Esq., Q.C., M.P./ No. 5, " Sir B. C. BRODIE, Bt., D.C.L., F.R.S./ No. 6, " E. H. BAILY, Esq., R.A./ No. 7, " SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., Q.C., M.P./ No. 8, " PROF. GRAHAM, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S./ No. 9, " E. M. WARD, ESQ., R.A./ No. 10, " The Right Hon. LORD CAMPBELL./ No. 11, " GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, Esq./ No. 12, " ROWLAND HILL, ESQ./ No. 13, " Major-Gen. SIR W. F. WILLIAMS./ No. 14, " W. POWELL FRITH, Esq., R.A./ No. 15, " CARDINAL WISEMAN./ No. 16, " The Right Hon. LORD BROUGHAM./ No. 17, " MARTIN F. TUPPER, Esq., F.R.S./ No. 18, " PROFESSOR M. FARADAY, D.C.L./ No. 19, " JOHN GIBSON, Esq., R.A./ No. 20, " THE EARL OF ROSSE, K.P., F.R.S./ On January 1st, will be published,/ No. 21, " CHARLES KEAN, ESQ., F.S.A.’

Artist

• Maull & Polyblank (mentioned on object)
• printer: G.J. Palmer (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Maull & Polyblank (mentioned on object)

Place

Great Britain
printer: London
publisher: London

Dating

May-1856

Material

• paper

Technique

letterpress printing

Measurements

height 308 mm × width 254 mm × thickness 1 mm

What

• pamphlet ~ printed matter - MM - book open
• historical persons

Where

• Great Britain

Who

• Richard, Sir Owen

Credit line

• Gift of M.M. Boom, Leiden

Acquisition

gift 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Portret van Richard Owen, met hand rustend op een dierlijke schedel