Leslie Stephen knew Herbert Duckworth (1833-1870) when they both were at Cambridge. Stephen described him in his memoirs: Herbert Duckworth was “the kind of man who might be expected to settle down as a thorough country gentleman... simple, straight forward and manly... a singularly modest and sweet-tempered man.” Stephen characterized himself at this time as “a person of intellectual claims, but... scandalously slovenly in dress and altogether wanting in the true social polish.”

Reproduction of plate 34g from
Leslie Stephen’s Photograph Album
Original: albumen print (17.8 x 13.6 cm.)
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College