Photograph (Carbon Print) of Lewis Evans, by William Coles, Watford, 1900s | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 97214 | ||||||||||
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William Coles (Photographer) Lewis Evans (Subject) | ||||||||||
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| Brief Description: | Carbon print mounted on brown card. Portrait of Lewis Evans, head and shoulders, facing left nearly in profile. He wears pince-nez spectacles. The photograph is a fine carbon print in rich brown tones. Taken at about the same time and by the same photographer as 28616, in Masonic regalia, also a left-facing profile. 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: | Photographer's blind-embossed name on front of mount. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Presumably given by Lewis Evans. | ||||||||||
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Paper Card | ||||||||||
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There are no associated narratives. | |||||||||||
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