Deck tennis match
Date
1929
Sitter
Henry Hallett Dale (1875 - 1968, British) , Knight Physician, Physiologist
Kornélia Szent-Gyorgyi (1883 - 1939, Hungarian)
Kornélia Szent-Gyorgyi (1883 - 1939, Hungarian)
Creator
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902 - 2002) , Physiologist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 67mm
width (print): 52mm
width (print): 52mm
Subject
Description
Scene showing deck tennis aboard the S.S. Minnekahda. The two players are Henry Dale (left as viewed) and Kornélia Szent-Gyorgi (right as viewed), both facing left.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 Henry Dale Mrs St Gyorgyi Deck Tennis’. From a collection of snapshots taken by Mary Pickford on board, captioned and donated by her. Backed with cardboard.
The S.S. Minnekahda was a U.S. Atlantic Transport converted troopship, repurposed as a single-class passenger ship. Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) organised its use to transport European scientists attending the International Physiological Congress in Boston, U.S.A., in 1929.
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968), British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1940-1945.
Kornélia Szent-Gyorgyi, née Demény (1883-1939), Hungarian. Wife of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), Hungarian biochemist.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 Henry Dale Mrs St Gyorgyi Deck Tennis’. From a collection of snapshots taken by Mary Pickford on board, captioned and donated by her. Backed with cardboard.
The S.S. Minnekahda was a U.S. Atlantic Transport converted troopship, repurposed as a single-class passenger ship. Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977) organised its use to transport European scientists attending the International Physiological Congress in Boston, U.S.A., in 1929.
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968), British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1940-1945.
Kornélia Szent-Gyorgyi, née Demény (1883-1939), Hungarian. Wife of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), Hungarian biochemist.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
Object history
Presented by the Lillian Mary Pickford.
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