Portrait of Ray Lankester
Date
1922
Sitter
Edwin Ray Lankester (1847 - 1929, British) , Zoologist
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 158mm
width (print): 110mm
height (mount): 275mm
width (mount): 200mm
width (print): 110mm
height (mount): 275mm
width (mount): 200mm
Subject
Description
Formal head and shoulders portrait of Ray Lankester, seated left as viewed, looking into the camera.
Inscribed in pencil: ‘Sir E. Ray Lankester 98734 FRS’
Lankester was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875 and served as Vice President from 1895-1896. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1885 for his services to embryology and animal morphology and the Copley medal in 1913 for his researches in zoology.
Inscribed in pencil: ‘Sir E. Ray Lankester 98734 FRS’
Lankester was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875 and served as Vice President from 1895-1896. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1885 for his services to embryology and animal morphology and the Copley medal in 1913 for his researches in zoology.
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