Black and white full-length seated studio portrait of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Printed inscription on recto 'Ernest Edwards 20, Baker St. W.'. Pencil inscription on verso, 'Sir Joseph D.Hooker 1866 I 20d'. Wet stamp on verso, 'The Royal Horticultural Society'. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was a botanist and plant collector. A close friend of Charles Darwin, he travelled widely, and was the assistant surgeon on the HMS Erebus Antarctic expedition of 1839-1943. Director of Kew from 1865-1885, a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Horticulture (VMH) in 1897. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was a botanist and plant collector. A close friend of Charles Darwin, he travelled widely, and was the assistant surgeon on the HMS Erebus Antarctic expedition of 1839-1943. Director of Kew from 1865-1885, a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Horticulture (VMH) in 1897