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Photograph (Daguerreotype) of Sir George Everest and Two Other Men with Scientific Instruments, c.1850

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Inventory Number: 94483
Object Type: Object
Persons: Sir George Everest (Subject)
Date Created:
Subject Classification(s): Photography  
Accession Number: 1949-10
Primary Inscriptions: Scratched on back of plate: 'Hone' (or 'Hore'). Pencilled on back of velvet pad a monogram 'TB' [probably a case maker].
Provenance: Presented by the Executors of G. H. Gabb in 1949.
Collection Group: Gabb Collection
Material(s): Copper
Glass
Wood
Leather
Velvet
Brass
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
108 83 mm

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