Portrait of Walter Morley Fletcher
Date
1929
Sitter
Walter Morley Fletcher (1873 - 1933, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902 - 2002) , Physiologist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 75mm
width (print): 40mm
width (print): 40mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Full length portrait Walter Morley Fletcher, on the deck of the S.S. Minnekahda, seated, with his head bowed, reading a book. Fletcher wears a suit, hat and spectacles and is shown smoking a pipe.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 Sir Walter Fletcher’. 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 Walter Morley Fletcher (1873-1933) British physiologist and administrator, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1915.
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 Sir Walter Fletcher’. 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 Walter Morley Fletcher (1873-1933) British physiologist and administrator, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1915.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
Object history
Presented by Lillian Mary Pickford.
Associated place