Black and white oval seated portrait of Alfred Smee. Ink inscription on recto, 'Alfred Smee'. Pencil inscription on verso, 'Alfred Smee'. Printed inscription on verso, 'Grillet & Cie Photographes du Roi Chiatamone, 6, Naples'. Wet stamp on verso, 'The Royal Horticultural Society' The signature of Alfred Smee appears on the recto of the carte de visite.. Alfred Smee (1818-1877) was a surgeon, and worked in that capacity for the Bank of England. He acquired a property at The Grange, Wallington, Surrey, where he gardened, and about which he wrote a book, My garden (1872).During the 1870's he was briefly a Council member of the RHS, and also a member of the RHS Scientific and Fruit & Vegetable Committees.. Alfred Smee (1818-1877) was a surgeon, and worked in that capacity for the Bank of England. He acquired a property at The Grange, Wallington, Surrey, where he gardened, and about which he wrote a book, My garden (1872).During the 1870's he was briefly a Council member of the RHS, and also a member of the RHS Scientific and Fruit & Vegetable Committees.
Extent
1 carte de visite
Physical description
10.3 (h) x 6.1 (w) cm. Portrait. Photographic print