Thursday, 19 February 2015

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison at the Museum of Practical Geology

Photograph. Written on the back of the photograph is ' Sir Roderick Murchison (restoration)'.
 BGS Image ID: P640912

Written on the back of the photograph is ' Sir Roderick Murchison (restoration)'.

 It would be interesting to find out the story behind the mannequin - who was the wag who perpetrated this?

 Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London. c1855 -1900 GSM/MG/E/5.

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  1. Duncan Hawley8 June 2024 at 16:10

    I spy a bottle in his pocket. I guess that Geol Survey officers were used to him partaking of 'field medicine'. Murchison cultivated a reputation for applying energy and stamina to his field work - perhaps his feats were supported by the 'medicine'? Charles Lyell wrote home about Murchison imbing some potion whilst on their 1828 tour of Europe "Murchison must have been intended for a strong man, if the sellers
    of drugs had not enlisted him into their service, so that he depends on them for his existence to a frightful extent, yet withal he can get through what would knock up most men who never need the doctor."

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