Portrait of Elisabeth and Niko Tinbergen
Date
1974
Sitter
Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907 - 1988, Dutch) , Ethologist
Elisabeth (Lies) Amélie Tinbergen (1912 - 1990) , née Rutten, Chemist
Elisabeth (Lies) Amélie Tinbergen (1912 - 1990) , née Rutten, Chemist
Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Elisabeth Tinbergen standing on the rocky cliffs of Smoker, Pembrokeshire. Niko Tinbergen is seated to her left with his head just in view. A building to the right and seascape beyond.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group. Documenting the trip to Skomer Island to film 'Cliff Dwellers'.
Nikolaas Tinbergen, (1907–1988), Dutch authority on animal behaviour and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1973, with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.
Elisabeth (Lies) Amélie Tinbergen, née Rutten, (1912-1990), chemist.
Lary Shaffer (b.1947) American animal behaviourist and photographer, studied under Niko Tinbergen for his doctorate in zoology and acted as a natural history cameraman for BBC and other projects, 1968-1976
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group. Documenting the trip to Skomer Island to film 'Cliff Dwellers'.
Nikolaas Tinbergen, (1907–1988), Dutch authority on animal behaviour and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1973, with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.
Elisabeth (Lies) Amélie Tinbergen, née Rutten, (1912-1990), chemist.
Lary Shaffer (b.1947) American animal behaviourist and photographer, studied under Niko Tinbergen for his doctorate in zoology and acted as a natural history cameraman for BBC and other projects, 1968-1976
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