Portrait of Thomas Dyke Acland (1809-1898) mb-code 1150354 The English Grotto

The English Grotto

'The Red-Tape Tangle'

showing the Queen and Prince Albert inside the building with people bowing and curtsying to them

Referred to in the text as 'The Douc or Cochin-China monkey'

Portrait of Thomas Dyke Acland (1809-1898) mb-code 1150354 The English GrottoFull length studio portrait of T D Acland, seated and looking to the left as viewed. Acland holds a walking stick in his right hand and a paper in his left. A pair of spectacles is visible at his waistcoat. In front of the sitter is a table and curtain. Printed below the image: 'MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON'. The reverse has various inscriptions including the photograph number, '28957'. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in