William Henry Dallinger. Oil painting by Edgar Thomas, ca. 1884.

  • Thomas, Edgar Herbert, 1862-1936.
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1884
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45602i
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William Henry Dallinger. Oil painting by Edgar Thomas, ca. 1884. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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William Henry Dallinger, Wesleyan minister, microscopist, and student of biological questions with implications for evolution. There is a biography of him in the Oxford dictionary of national biography. Right, a microscope and a Japanese hanging scroll painting.The microscope has been identified as a "Powell and Leland No. 1"

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1884

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1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 112 x 87 cm

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References note

Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery, 1884, no. 1269
Christopher Wright et al., British and Irish paintings in public collections, New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2006, p. 765-766
Peter Lord, 'Edgar Herbert Thomas: darkness and light', ART UK website, 4 December 2023, https://artuk.org/discover/stories/edgar-herbert-thomas-darkness-and-light

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Wellcome Collection 45602i

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