Credit: © Godrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.19126

    Portrait of Eric Ashby

    Date
    ca.1960s
    Sitter
    Baron Ashby of Brandon, Suffolk Eric Ashby (1904 - 1992, British) , Botanist
    Creator
    Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (print): 210mm
    width (print): 155mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Eric Ashby posed with left hand against his chin and looking directly to the viewer. Dressed in a dark suit jacket with white shirt and tie. He wears round spectacles and has a watch on his left wrist.

    A faint artist signature in the lower left hand corner.

    Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby of Brandon, Suffolk (1904-1992) British botanist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1963.

    Associated place
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