Portrait of Karl Pearson
Date
early 20th century
Sitter
Karl Pearson (1857 - 1936, British) , Statistician
Creator
Object type
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 120mm
height (paper support): 205mm
width (paper support): 154mm
width (print): 120mm
height (paper support): 205mm
width (paper support): 154mm
Subject
Mathematics
Biology
> Anatomy
Art & culture
> History
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
Biology
> Anatomy
Art & culture
> History
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Karl Pearson in left profile, standing in an office behind a desk with a mechanical calculating machine. A marble bust of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon in the background.
Photographic facsimile signature pasted below on paper support. Inscription on the reverse of the paper support ‘PEARSON, Karl. K6442’.
Karl Pearson [formerly Carl] (1857-1936), British statistician and eugenicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896.
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (1860-1906), British zoologist and biometrician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890.
Photographic facsimile signature pasted below on paper support. Inscription on the reverse of the paper support ‘PEARSON, Karl. K6442’.
Karl Pearson [formerly Carl] (1857-1936), British statistician and eugenicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896.
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (1860-1906), British zoologist and biometrician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890.
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