Photograph (Gelatine Print) of Lewis Evans, by H. W. Salmon & Son, Winchester, 1929 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 16161 | ||||||||||
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| Brief Description: | Gelatine print mounted on grey card. Signed by the photographer. Portrait of Lewis Evans, head and shoulders, turned slightly left but looking front. He wears pince-nez spectacles. Black and white. Lewis Evans (1853-1930) was the founder of the Museum of the History of Science in 1924, the basis of the foundation being his collection of sundials, astrolabes, and related early mathematical instruments. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Signed by the photographer on front of mount: 'H W Salmon Son | Winchester'.
Inscribed on back: 'Dr Lewis Evans taken 1929'. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Presumably given by Lewis Evans. | ||||||||||
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Paper Card | ||||||||||
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