Portrait of John Tyndall (1820-1893) mb-width 3882 originally published in Transactions of

originally published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Plate 59 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales

Inscribed upper left 'Laid open on the Belly

rakes and other drunken characters

The specimen was from the Lyme Regis area and in the collection of 'Mr Johnson'

Portrait of John Tyndall (1820-1893) mb-width 3882 originally published in Transactions ofIn this, one of three Tyndall portraits owned by the Royal Society, the scientist appears at a relatively young 30 years of age. The portrait is of a serious and vigorous man in formal mid 19th century dress black coat, waistcoat and tie over a high collar. Tyndall's characteristic neck whiskers are in place, his hair reddish brown and eyes blue. John Tyndall was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1852. Original: chalk on paper. ca. 1850