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4068 - Maull & Polyblank
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Maull & Polyblank Portraits of British public figures. Circa 1857–1864. 4 Woodburytypes, mounted on card with a printed gilt border. Each 20 x 14.8 cm (26.5 x 21.6 cm). Titled by hand in pencil or ink on the mount below the image; photographer’s credit printed on the mount: “Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, 55 Gracechurch Street and 187a Piccadilly, London.” This collection of early photographic portraits by the London studio Maull & Polyblank features prominent figures from mid-Victorian public life. Among them are Sir Richard Owen, the pioneering comparative anatomist and founder of the Natural History Museum in London, shown with a fossil specimen; Sir William Sterndale Bennett, influential composer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music; Lord Stanley, later the 15th Earl of Derby and a three-time British Foreign Secretary; and Charles Kean, celebrated Shakespearean actor and theater manager. Taken between 1857 and 1864, these portraits exemplify the studio’s ambition to create a visual pantheon of British cultural and political leadership. – Some minor scuff marks and surface irregularities; otherwise in near-excellent condition.
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Photography from the 19th to the 21st CenturyAuction house
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