6 volumes published; v. 3-6 ed. by Edward Walford. Cf. British Museum Catalogue.
Portraits (24) are mounted albumen prints, guard sheets facing.
Vol. 1 includes: E.H. Baily, W.S. Bennett, R. Browning, G. Cruikshank, M. Faraday, J. Fergusson, W. Fergusson, J.H. Foley, J.E. Gray, J.O. Halliwell, S.A. Hart, Sir W.J. Hooker, T.H. Huxley, R.G. Latham, Sir C. Lyell, F.D. Maurice, Sir R.I. Murchison, R. Owen, D. Roberts, G.G. Scott, Earl Stanhope, W.M. Thackeray, Rev. W. Whewell, Sir G. Wilkinson.
Volume 3, 5 and 6 published by A.W. Bennett.
Reproduction of the original from the George Eastman House Library.