Portrait of John Couch Adams (1819-1882) Barrett's London Hat Warehouse The boy in the pedal

The boy in the pedal car is Gordon Crosby's son

(late 1950s

the clock tower is now at Swanage in Dorset

each man hides behind his back the birch with which he hopes to belabour the opposition during the new session

This scheme was never realised

Portrait of John Couch Adams (1819-1882) Barrett's London Hat Warehouse The boy in the pedalFull length studio portrait of J C Adams, seated and posed at a writing desk with a pen poised over paper in his right hand, the left holding what appears to be a letter. Behind the sitter is a curtain or drape. Printed below the image: 'MAULL & POLYBLANK, LONDON'. John Couch Adams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849. Original: albumen print, carte de visite. ca. 1860