Portraits
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Rutherford, William, Professor. Portrait
Item
Identifier: Coll-1980/6
Scope and Contents
C.D.V. Photograph on carte by Barraud & Jerrard.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century
Ryan, Edward, 3 September 1854 - 30 August 1872
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/62
Scope and Contents
This file consists of four autograph letters signed from Edward Ryan to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Brighton, Kensington and Bannouth, 3 September 1854, 9 March 1857, 27 December 1859 and 30 August 1872. With a portrait photograph mounted on cardboard carrier.The letter sent to Charles Lyell concerns the appointment of a naturalist for the 1860 China expedition possibly desired by Charles Darwin and Lyell. Edward Ryan expresses difficulty in obtaining the required...
Dates:
3 September 1854 - 30 August 1872
Senora Ignacio de la Torre, Daughter of the President, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2949
Scope and Contents
Portrait photograph of Senora Ignacio de la Torre, daughter of the President Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911) from the late 19th or early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3203
Scope and Contents
Portrait photograph of Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at his home at Rothamsted Manor that eventually became the Rothamsted Experimental Station, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Spence, James. Professor. Portrait.
Item
Identifier: Coll-1980/5
Scope and Contents
c.d.v. Photograph on carte by John Moffat, Edinburgh.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century
Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, 11 March 1838; 7 Feb. [no year].
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/68
Scope and Contents
1. Autograph letter signed from Nicholas Tindal to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 11 March 1838, Bedford Square [London]: "I am sorry we missed each other, when we must both have called for the same purpose. I send you my proxy paper for the Yorkshire Schools, properly signed by me; but I will trouble you to put in the name of the proxy, and also the proper figure apart the boys name; for there is something a little obscure in the two last lines of the N. B. which I had rather leave to the...
Dates:
11 March 1838; 7 Feb. [no year].
Wanostrocht, Vincent, M.B. C.M. Portrait. , 1876
Item
Identifier: Coll-1980/4
Scope and Contents
c.d.v. Photograph on carte by Howie, jun., Edinburgh.
Dates:
1876
Watson, Sir Patrick Heron. Portrait.
Item
Identifier: Coll-1890/7
Scope and Contents
c.d.v. Photograph on carte by Howie, jun., Edinburgh.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century
Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/73
Scope and Contents
Two autograph letters signed from Robert Charles Winthrop to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Boston, 3 November 1849 and 1 May 1873. With portrait photograph by Warren's in Boston, mounted on cardboard carrier, signed.1. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1849 and sent to Charles Lyell, Winthrop expresses delight at reading Lyell's "Second visit" and eagerly anticipates a potential "third visit." The letter acknowledges Lyell's positive allusions and...
Dates:
3 November 1849, 1 May 1873