A Woodburytype entitled 'Dr W H Russell' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.
A Woodburytype entitled 'Dr W H Russell' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876.
Dr William Howard Russell (1821-1907) was a highly-influential British journalist and war correspondent for 'The Times'. Russell first achieved prominence reporting the Crimean War in 1854. He received a knighthood in 1895.
This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6007/9
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and woodburytype
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
