Portrait of Thomas Edward Thorpe
Date
ca.1900-1910
Sitter
Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845 - 1925, British) , Chemist, Chemist
Creator - Organisation
Elliott & Fry, Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 114mm
height (paper support): 298mm
width (paper support): 216mm
width (print): 114mm
height (paper support): 298mm
width (paper support): 216mm
Subject
Description
Full length portrait of Thomas Edward Thorpe, shown standing and leaning with one elbow on a laboratory bench. There are Bunsen burners and chemical retorts behind him. Thorpe looks to camera, holding a jar in his left hand and spectacles in his right hand.
Inscribed in pencil below ‘Elliott & Fry’. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil: ‘Sir Edward Thorpe’. Printed; ‘Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, W.’
Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925) British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876.
Inscribed in pencil below ‘Elliott & Fry’. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil: ‘Sir Edward Thorpe’. Printed; ‘Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, W.’
Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925) British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876.
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