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'Cockney laureate elected'

the left hand turns the page

as England embarked on a well-deserved lap of honour

Church of St Mary le Strand

Portrait of John Couch Adams (1819-1882) Size:L: 90 x 60cm 'Cockney laureate elected'Full length studio portrait of J C Adams, seated and posed at a writing desk with a pen poised over paper in his right hand, the left holding what appears to be a letter. Behind the sitter is a curtain or drape. Printed below the image: 'MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON'. John Couch Adams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849. Original: albumen print, carte de visite. ca. 1860

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