Group portrait in Reading
Date
1956
Sitter
Helen Kemp Porter (1899 - 1987, British) , Plant physiologist
William Owen James (1900 - 1978) , Botanist
William Owen James (1900 - 1978) , Botanist
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 138mm
width (print): 91mm
width (print): 91mm
Subject
Description
Full-length portrait of William Owen James and Helen Kemp Porter. Standing on a path to the right of a wooden clad buildings.
Inscribed on the back ‘W.O. James, HKP, I Viceroy[?], Reading 1956’.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
William Owen James (1900-1978) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1952.
Inscribed on the back ‘W.O. James, HKP, I Viceroy[?], Reading 1956’.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
William Owen James (1900-1978) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1952.
Object history
From a collection of photographs of Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett and Helen Kemp Porter, presented to the Royal Society for duplication by Jean Adams in June 2016.
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