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
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 167mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Kemp Porter facing forward and looking directly to viewer. She wears dark jacket with broach on left lapel, spectacles, and short tightly curled hair.
Inscribed on the back ‘5029D, 1956, PHOTO BY WALTER STONEMAN, F.R.P.S. OF J, RUSSELL & SONS, BAKER STREET, LONDON, W.1.’
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Inscribed on the back ‘5029D, 1956, PHOTO BY WALTER STONEMAN, F.R.P.S. OF J, RUSSELL & SONS, BAKER STREET, LONDON, W.1.’
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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