Portrait of Dame Jean Thomas
Date
2018
Sitter
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas (British) , Biochemist
Creator
Keith Breeden (1956, British) , Portraitist
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 890mm
width (painting): 810mm
height (frame): 1070mm
width (frame): 970mm
width (painting): 810mm
height (frame): 1070mm
width (frame): 970mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Dame Jean Thomas, standing and facing the viewer, smiling, and with folded arms. The sitter is dressed in black velvet and wears a silver double-helix pendant on a chain. This motif is picked up by the artist as a discrete background element. To the right and left are magenta phalaenopsis orchids.
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, British biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986. She served on the Society's Council from 1990 to 1992 and as its Biological Secretary and Vice-President from 2008 to 2013, becoming the first woman to hold this title.
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, British biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986. She served on the Society's Council from 1990 to 1992 and as its Biological Secretary and Vice-President from 2008 to 2013, becoming the first woman to hold this title.
Transcription
KJB 18
Object history
Commissioned by the Royal Society, 2016.
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