Portrait of David Lambert Lack
Date
c.1950s
Sitter
David Lambert Lack (1910 - 1973, British) , Ornithologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of David Lambert Lack, looking left of the camera, holding a book open on the table before him. Dressed in a grey suit and tie and a white shirt.
David Lambert Lack (1910-1973), British ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951. He was awarded the Society’s Darwin Medal in 1972 ‘in recognition of his distinguished and numerous contributions to ornithology and to our understanding of evolutionary mechanisms’.
David Lambert Lack (1910-1973), British ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951. He was awarded the Society’s Darwin Medal in 1972 ‘in recognition of his distinguished and numerous contributions to ornithology and to our understanding of evolutionary mechanisms’.
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