Black and white full-length studio portrait of John Hutton Balfour. Printed inscription on recto, 'Maull & Co. London'. Pencil inscription on verso, 'Prof Balfour. Printed inscription on verso, 'Maull & Co. Photographers. honi so pense. 187A Piccadilly, W and Tavistock House, Fulham Road and 62 Cheapside, E.C. No. 42357'. Ink inscription on separate piece of paper, 'J.H. Balfour'. John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884) was a Scottish botanist, and Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow, the University of Edinburgh and the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He founded the Botanical Society of Ediburgh in 1836