Portrait photograph by Maull & Polyblank

Bright, Charles T. (1832-88). Portrait photograph by Maull & Polyblank. London: Maull & Polyblank, n.d. [ca. 1865]. 200 x 147 mm. (image); 299 x 253 (mount). Traces of mounting on the verso, but very good. Subject identified in pencil in the lower margin.

Portrait of electrical engineer Charles Bright, who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable (Ireland to Newfoundland) in 1858. The portrait is by the noted London photographic studio of Maull and Henry Polyblank, established in 1856.