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Seated portrait of geologist Charles Lyell, looking out the the frame of the photograph, elbow resting on a table on which three books are present. Draping at the back, drapery on the table.

Printed below the image: “Mayall, Photo. London & Brighton".

Albumen carte-de-visite format, for which John Jabez Edwin Mayall is famous for. Mayall studios produced a large volumes of cartes per year.

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