Portrait of Archibald Vivian Hill
Date
1929
Sitter
Archibald Vivian Hill (1886 - 1977) , Physiologist
Creator
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902 - 2002) , Physiologist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 81mm
width (print): 55mm
width (print): 55mm
Subject
Description
Full length portrait Archibald Vivian Hill, on the deck of the S.S. Minnekahda, with an unidentified woman behind. Hill is shown looking to camera, seated with his leg crossed and held at the shin with interlaced fingers.
The image is inscribed in ink, verso: ‘Minnekhada 1929 A V Hill’. 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.
Archibald Vivian Hill, (1886-1977) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918. He served as Vice-President, Foreign Secretary and Biological Secretary of the Society, winning the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1922.
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 A V Hill’. 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.
Archibald Vivian Hill, (1886-1977) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918. He served as Vice-President, Foreign Secretary and Biological Secretary of the Society, winning the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1922.
Lillian Mary Pickford (1902-2002) British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.
Object history
Presented by Lillian Mary Pickford.
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