John Tyndall
(1820-1893), Physicist and mountaineerSitter in 33 portraits
Physicist; professor, and later Director, of the Royal Institution, his address to the British Association, 1874 marked a high point in controversies over science and religion.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3530
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3614
by John McLure Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1287
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG x45495
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG x13247
by Ernest Edwards, published by Lovell Reeve & Co
albumen print, published 1864
NPG Ax13905
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s-early 1870s
NPG Ax17795
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s-early 1870s
NPG x13246
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x45954
by George Charles Wallich
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x74637
by George Charles Wallich, published by John Van Voorst
albumen print on card mount, published 1870
NPG Ax14786
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1872
NPG Ax18206
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1872
NPG x76497
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1872
NPG x13245
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1872
NPG x129616
by Frederick Gutekunst
albumen print on card mount, January 1873
NPG x13250
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132901
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
NPG Ax17514
by Lock & Whitfield, printed by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype on card mount, 1877 or before
NPG x13252
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x13243
by George Milner Gibson Jerrard
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x13244
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG Ax5469
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG x13242
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published August 1890
NPG Ax38504
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1894
NPG Ax27904
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1894
NPG x13248
John Tyndall ('Men of the Day, No. 43.')
by Adriano Cecioni
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 April 1872
NPG D43530
after Thomas Woolner
photograph of marble medallion, (1876)
NPG D39603
by Moritz Klinkicht, after Herbert Rose Barraud
wood engraving, published 1893
NPG D39601
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Florence Eliza Haig
photograph of pastel, circa 1893-1910
NPG D39602
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