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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Material
Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Elisabeth and Niko Tinbergen, photographing birds on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Elisabeth is holding a pair of binoculars and Niko is operating a manual SLR camera with a long-focus lens.
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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