Professor Huxley
- photographer:
- Lock and Whitfield
A Woodburytype entitled 'Professor Huxley', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1880. 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.
Professor Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) used his 'organic evolution' lectures to champion Charles Darwin’s controversial theories. He liked to refer to himself as 'Darwin's bulldog'.
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:
- 1990-5036/6007/25
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and woodburytype
- rights:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
