1876 Woodburytype of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
by (Sir Richard Baggallay)
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London & Edinburgh and New York: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet; Sir Richard Baggallay (1816-1888) British judge, "...counsel to Cambridge University from 1869 to 1875...As attorney-general Baggallay piloted the Judicature Act of 1875 through committee, and by that act he was created in turn justice of appeal (29 October 1875) and later lord-justice of appeal, and joined the privy council. Much of the burden of construing the Judicature Acts and determining procedure under the new system fell upon Baggallay..." (DNB); oval Woodburytype, (photoglyptie) patented in 1864 by Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-1885) an early form of photomechanical print, made by embossing a photographic image on paper with a metal mold containing the gelatin relief of a photographic negative: "...the tonal scale of the resultant image was highly luminous...has a continuous tone, showing neither a screen nor a grain pattern..." (Baldwin, 1991); this image from the series of biographical portraits in "Men of Mark..." by Thompson Cooper, Lock & Whitfield photographers; a few light spots to the margins, image not affected; a handsome and striking portrait of the noted British judge in very good condition. . Very Good.
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- Title
- 1876 Woodburytype of Sir Richard Baggallay Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
- Author
- (Sir Richard Baggallay)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London & Edinburgh and New York
- Date Published
- 1876
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