Portrait of Helen Kemp Porter
Date
ca.1956-1957
Sitter
Helen Kemp Porter (1899 - 1987, British) , Plant physiologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 167mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Kemp Porter turned to the left as viewed. She wears dark jacket with broach on left lapel, spectacles, and short tightly curled hair.
Inscribed on the back ‘Dr. Helen K. Porter. Appointment to chair of Plant Physiology, Imperial College, January 1959. This photograph may be reproduced in this connexion without fee. COPYRIGHT [crossed out] PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER STONEMAN, M.B.E., F.R.P.S. J RUSSELL & SONS. 49 QUEENS GATE, LONDON, S.W.7 KNIGHTSBRIDGE 0269 THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THIS PRINT IS’ and pencilled ‘R5029/BL. DR HELEN PORTER FRS’. Further inscribed in pen ‘1956 FRS [?]’.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Inscribed on the back ‘Dr. Helen K. Porter. Appointment to chair of Plant Physiology, Imperial College, January 1959. This photograph may be reproduced in this connexion without fee. COPYRIGHT [crossed out] PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER STONEMAN, M.B.E., F.R.P.S. J RUSSELL & SONS. 49 QUEENS GATE, LONDON, S.W.7 KNIGHTSBRIDGE 0269 THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THIS PRINT IS’ and pencilled ‘R5029/BL. DR HELEN PORTER FRS’. Further inscribed in pen ‘1956 FRS [?]’.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
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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