Group portrait of three chemists
Date
2001
Sitter
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915 - 2012, Australian) , Organic chemist
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915 - 2012, Australian) , Organic chemist
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Dimensions
height (print): 149mm
width (print): 204mm
height (paper support): 204mm
width (paper support): 249mm
width (print): 204mm
height (paper support): 204mm
width (paper support): 249mm
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Description
Three-quarter length portrait of John and Rita Cornforth with unknown gentleman, seated on a sofa at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, on the occasion of the Summer Party.
Inscribed on the back ‘3778/B, 14’
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915-2012) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society she was an Australian organic chemist.
Inscribed on the back ‘3778/B, 14’
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
Rita Harriet Cornforth (1915-2012) was not a Fellow of the Royal Society she was an Australian organic chemist.
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