Sir Richard Burton [photograph].

Record ID: 
401562
Accession number: 
MA 13576
Author: 
Edwards, Ernest, 1837-1903.
Published: 
1865?
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987
Description: 
1 photographic print : albumen ; 90 x 68 mm; mounted: 135 x 140 mm
Notes: 

One of a series of photographs of Burton taken by Ernest Edwards in his studio at 20 Baker Street, London (see National Portrait Gallery, npg x14771) for the publication: Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art / photographs by Ernest Edwards (London : Bennett, 1865).

Summary: 

Portrait of Burton seated on a carpeted floor, cross-legged, in "Levantine" costume, facing 3/4 to the left..

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Classification: