Scientist Portrait Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Wilhelm
label: Photographer
content: White, Sydney Victor
label: Photographer
content: Lord, R. H.
label: Photographer
content: Petit, Pierre, 1832-
label: Photographer
content: Pirou, Eug.
label: Photographer
content: Hills & Saunders
label: Photographer
content: Elliott & Fry
label: Vendor
content: Harris Auction Galleries (Baltimore, Md.)
label: Names
content: Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840-1913 (astronomer; Irish)
label: Names
content: Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond (physicist (1820-1891), French )
label: Names
content: Bernard, Claude (physiologist (1813-1878), French)
label: Names
content: Charcot, Jean Martin, 1825-1893 (physician, professor)
label: Names
content: Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 (explorer)
label: Names
content: Garner, R. E. (naturalist, professor)
label: Names
content: Gilbert, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1817-1901 (professor; English)
label: Names
content: Gilchrist, Sidney Thomas (metallurgist, inventor (1850-1885), English)
label: Names
content: Marvin, W. Chas
label: Names
content: Schwalbe, Gustav Albert, 1844-1916
label: Names
content: Waldstein, Charles, 1856-1927 (archaeologist)
topic: label: Topic
content: Anatomists
label: Topic
content: Anthropologists
label: Topic
content: Archaeologists
label: Topic
content: Astronomers
label: Topic
content: Explorers
label: Topic
content: Metallurgists
label: Topic
content: Inventors
label: Topic
content: Naturalists
label: Topic
content: Physicists
label: Topic
content: Physiologists
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Physicians
label: Topic
content: Professors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased from the Harris Auction Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Wilhelm
label: Photographer
content: White, Sydney Victor
label: Photographer
content: Lord, R. H.
label: Photographer
content: Petit, Pierre, 1832-
label: Photographer
content: Pirou, Eug.
label: Photographer
content: Hills & Saunders
label: Photographer
content: Elliott & Fry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Scientist Portrait Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains twelve photoprints in the cabinet print format, although only nine are true albumen cabinet prints.  The subjects depicted are European scientists.  Except as otherwise noted in the listing, biographical information about the subjects was located in standard biographical references, such as Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Chambers' Dictionary of Scientists, and World Who's in Science.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1870-1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: These photographs were part of a larger group purchased as a lot by Robert Vogel, Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now Division of Work and Industry), at the Harris Auction Galleries, Baltimore, ca. 1985.  Portraits of several engineers were retained for the division's collections, and the remainder were forwarded to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0191
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Cabinet photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: One series, unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Cabinet photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 12 photoprints: portraits of various scientists and scholars, including Irish, French, English, and German men. All are on cabinet-size mounts, nine being silver albumen cabinet prints, while three are silver gelatin prints.