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Photographer:

Wilhelm  Search this

White, Sydney Victor  Search this

Lord, R. H.  Search this

Petit, Pierre, 1832-  Search this

Pirou, Eug.  Search this

Hills & Saunders  Search this

Elliott & Fry  Search this

Vendor:

Harris Auction Galleries (Baltimore, Md.)  Search this

Names:

Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840-1913 (astronomer; Irish)  Search this

Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond (physicist (1820-1891), French )  Search this

Bernard, Claude (physiologist (1813-1878), French)  Search this

Charcot, Jean Martin, 1825-1893 (physician, professor)  Search this

Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 (explorer)  Search this

Garner, R. E. (naturalist, professor)  Search this

Gilbert, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1817-1901 (professor; English)  Search this

Gilchrist, Sidney Thomas (metallurgist, inventor (1850-1885), English)  Search this

Marvin, W. Chas  Search this

Schwalbe, Gustav Albert, 1844-1916  Search this

Waldstein, Charles, 1856-1927 (archaeologist)  Search this

Extent:

17 Photographs

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Black-and-white photographs

Cabinet photographs

Date:

ca. 1870-1900

Summary:

This collection contains twelve photoprints in the cabinet print format, although only nine are true albumen cabinet prints. The subjects depicted are European scientists. Except as otherwise noted in the listing, biographical information about the subjects was located in standard biographical references, such as Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Chambers' Dictionary of Scientists, and World Who's in Science.

Scope and Contents:

12 photoprints: portraits of various scientists and scholars, including Irish, French, English, and German men. All are on cabinet-size mounts, nine being silver albumen cabinet prints, while three are silver gelatin prints.

Arrangement:

One series, unarranged.

Provenance:

Purchased from the Harris Auction Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Archaeologists  Search this

Astronomers  Search this

Physicists  Search this

Physiologists  Search this

Explorers  Search this

Portraits -- 19th century  Search this

Metallurgists  Search this

Physicians  Search this

Professors  Search this

Naturalists  Search this

Anthropologists  Search this

Anatomists  Search this

Inventors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs -- 1900-1950

Cabinet photographs

Photographs -- 1850-1900

Citation:

Scientist Portrait Collection, Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0191

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Scientist Portrait Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82b0578ba-ddfc-4d59-a512-9e10d0dbe4eb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0191