Black and white full-length studio portrait of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Printed inscription on recto 'Maull & Co. London'. Ink inscription on verso, 'No. 17185'. Pencil inscription on verso, 'Hooker'. Printed inscription on verso, 'Maull & Co. Photographers 55, Gracechurch Street. 187a Piccadilly and Tavistock House, Fulham Road, London.'. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was a botanist and plant collector. A close friend of Charles Darwin, he travelled widely, and was the assistant surgeon on the HMS Erebus Antarctic expedition of 1839-1943. Director of Kew from 1865-1885, a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Horticulture (VMH) in 1897
Extent
1 carte de visite
Physical description
10.5 (h) x 6.3 (w) cm. Portrait. Photographic print