Turkoman tribesman. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of a Turkoman man, in half-profile looking off to the right and wearing a large black wool hat.
Portrait of John Hare (Sir John Fairs Hare). Photographer: Barraud, Herbert Rose
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length full-face studio portrait of the actor and theatre manager Sir John Fair Hare (1844-1921). Portrait, with accompanying biographical letterpress, extracted from volume 3 of 'Men and Women of the Day.'
Portrait of Hermann Vezin. Photographer: Barraud, Herbert Rose
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length studio portrait, looking off to the right, of the American actor of French descent Hermann Vezin (1829-1910). Portrait, with accompanying biographical letterpress, extracted from volume 4 of 'Men and Women of the Day.'
Portrait of Sir John Herschel, Bart., Foreign Associate of the Institute of France. Photographer: Stewart, J.
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image mounted on titlepage; head-and-shoulders portrait of the astronomer and early photographic pioneer Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), 'taken on collodion with a double lens.'
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of an elderly bearded man, his right hand resting on the head of the young man kneeling beside him and looking up towards his face. Technical note: 'Taken on collodion, August, 1855; weather very fine; exposure twenty seconds; dev...
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of David Octavius Hill (1802-1870), leaning against a doorway at Rock House, Edinburgh. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, D. O. Hill (d).']
The Very Revd. Thomas Chalmers, D.D., L.L.D., First Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. No. 3. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait of the Very Rev. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), considerably faded, mounted on the contents page. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, Chalmers (d).']