Royal visit
Date
ca.1959
Sitter
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897 - 1968, British) , Physiologist
The Queen Mother Elizabeth (1900 - 2002, British)
The Queen Mother Elizabeth (1900 - 2002, British)
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 121mm
width (print): 142mm
width (print): 142mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett greeting Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Standing in three-quarter profile to the left, with a group of people, he wears ceremonial robes and holds a tudor-bonnet hat in left hand. The Queen Mother is in right profile, she wears silk dress and bonnet, long gloves, and fur shawl. Bouquets of tulips and daffodils adorn the edge of the room.
Possibly taken on 24th March 1959, during the ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the North Wing Extension of the Medical School, St Mary’s Hospital.
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900-2002) was elected a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897-1968) was a British physiologist and obstetrician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958.
Possibly taken on 24th March 1959, during the ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the North Wing Extension of the Medical School, St Mary’s Hospital.
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900-2002) was elected a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897-1968) was a British physiologist and obstetrician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958.
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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