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Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 695 Collections and/or Records:

Poerio, Carlo, 13 April [no year]

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/54
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Carlo Poerio, from Florence on 13 April [no year], to Susan Horner in response to an invitation: “Fino a ieri sera io avevo sperato di poter proffitare del [!] di Lei gentile invito, e tornai appositamente della campagna, dove io era andati a passare qualche giorno per la mia malferma saluta. Ma la febbre mi tornò, e fui costretto a rinunziare al piacere di riverirla. – Spero domani o dopo domani di essere in grado di uscire, [...]. – E pregandola di far gradire...
Dates: 13 April [no year]

Portrait of a woman holding a baby, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1828/6/2
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white oval portrait of an unknown woman holding a baby dressed in white, undated. Photography studio: 'Valentine & Co., Dundee'.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Portrait of a young man, early 20th century (?)

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1828/6/3
Scope and Contents

Black-and-White photograph of an unknown young man mounted on board, undated. It does not appear to be Alexander Falcon Giles. Photography studio: 'Alexander Ayton, 43 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh'.

Dates: early 20th century (?)

Portrait of Alexander Falconer Giles and two other young men at Oxford , 1905-1906

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1828/6/6
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white portrait of Alexander F. Giles and two other young men mounted on board, taken at 46 St John Street, Oxford, in 1905-1906.Photography Studio: 'Hills & Saunders, Oxford'.

Dates: 1905-1906

Portraits of Marjorie Rackstraw, 1924-1970

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/6
Scope and Contents

This file contains 8 professional portraits (two are duplicates) of Marjorie Rackstraw throughout her life. Many were used as photographs for passports and identification.

Dates: 1924-1970

Presentation of portrait, 1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/45
Scope and Contents

An invitation to and letters from people unable to attend the presentation to John Baillie, at the University of Edinburgh, of a portrait by Sir William Oliphant Hutchison.

Dates: 1958

Print of an early photographic portrait of Ewart, signed, c.1880

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/4/2
Scope and Contents

Not dated. Print marked Adolf Eckstein's Verlag, Berlin-Charlottenburg.

Dates: c.1880

Professor Adolf von Baeyer, c mid-20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1716/1/62
Scope and Contents

Glass slide showing a portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (photograph).

Dates: c mid-20th century

Professor Arnold Sommerfeld, c mid-20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1716/1/23
Scope and Contents

Glass slide showing a portrait of Arnold Sommerfeld (photograph).

Dates: c mid-20th century

Professor Carl Runge, c mid-20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1716/1/13
Scope and Contents

Glass slide showing a portrait of Carl Runge (photograph).

Dates: c mid-20th century