Hon. Sir William R. Grove. Photographer: Lock and Whitfield
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders left half-profile portrait of the scientist and judge Sir William Robert Grove (1811-1896), inventor of the Grove gas voltaic battery 1839.
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders right profile portrait of the civil servant Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), Secretary, Science and Art Department 1853-73 and moving spirit in the establishment of the South Kensington (Victoria and Albert) Museum.
Sir John Lubbock. Photographer: Lock and Whitfield
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders portrait, looking to the left, of the banker, politician and scientist Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), 1st Baron Avebury, M.P. and Vice-Chancellor of London University.
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders left half-profile portrait of the artist James Sant (1820-1916), Painter in Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1871.
Sir Rutherford Alcock. Photographer: Lock and Whitfield
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders portrait of the diplomat Sir John Rutherford Alcock (1809-1897), Consul-General to Japan 1858-65 and to China 1865-71, President of the Royal Geographical Society 1876-78 and first Chairman of the British North Borneo Company 1881.
The Bishop of Salisbury. Photographer: Lock and Whitfield
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders portrait, looking to the left, of the Right Rev. George Moberly (1803-1885), Headmaster of Winchester 1835-66 and Bishop of Salisbury 1869-85.
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders portrait, looking to the left, of the sculptor Thomas Woolner (1825-1892), Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy 1877-79.
Sir John Gilbert. Photographer: Lock and Whitfield
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders left profile portrait of the historical painter and draughtsman on wood, Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897).
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image; head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), excavator of Troy and Mycenae.