A Woodburytype entitled 'Captain Richard Francis Burton', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876. A skilled linguist, Captain Burton (1821-1890) is best known for translating 'The Arabian Nights' and 'The Kama Sutra'. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Captain Richard Francis Burton 1876
'The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite' by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, published 1864. The book was based on their observations of the moon through drawings, photographs and models. The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite 1864
Woodburytype print mounted on card, by Victor Angerer. Full-length portrait of a wealthy woman, dated 1868. Portrait of a woman 1868