Group portrait of three engineers
Date
ca. 1910
Sitter
James Alfred Ewing (1855 - 1935, British) , Engineer
Charles Algernon Parsons (1854 - 1931, British) , engineer, Engineer
Dugald Clerk (1854 - 1932, British) , mechanical engineer, Mechanical engineer
Charles Algernon Parsons (1854 - 1931, British) , engineer, Engineer
Dugald Clerk (1854 - 1932, British) , mechanical engineer, Mechanical engineer
Creator
Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton (1863 - 1930, British) , Electrical engineer
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 143mm
width (print): 171mm
height (mount): 252mm
width (mount): 306mm
width (print): 171mm
height (mount): 252mm
width (mount): 306mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length seated portraits of (left to right): Sir James Alfred Ewing, Sir Charles Algernon Parsons and Sir Dugald Clerk. All are dressed in evening wear and appear against a neutral, sheeted background.
The reverse has a paper label inscribed in ink with the names of the sitters and the date, ‘1910’. With a pencil inscriptions centre: ‘5622/2 Portrait Brown’.
Sir (James) Alfred Ewing was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887.
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1898.
Sir Dugald Clerk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908.
Provenance: Provenance unknown.
Printed on a cream card mount.
The reverse has a paper label inscribed in ink with the names of the sitters and the date, ‘1910’. With a pencil inscriptions centre: ‘5622/2 Portrait Brown’.
Sir (James) Alfred Ewing was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887.
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1898.
Sir Dugald Clerk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908.
Provenance: Provenance unknown.
Printed on a cream card mount.
Object history
A print of this photograph, with other scientific portraits, was exhibited at the Royal Society conversazione, 15 May 1929, by A. A. Campbell Swinton.