Portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE

The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 6

' An ouroboros [a snake holding its own tail in its mouth] can be seen to the right of the picture

A waiter on the right draws a cork from a bottle

In August 1862

Study of patterns produced by electrical discharges on surfaces revealed by dusting with powdered red lead and sulphur

Portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The plate is inscribed: 'PLATEFormal photographic portrait of Thomas Lauder Brunton, half lenth, left profile. Brunton was a physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He is perhaps best known for the use of amyl nitrite in the treatment of angina. Brunton delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1889 on The Chemical structure of Physiological Action. Brunton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1874. Original: carbon print, cabinet card. ca. 1874