Portrait of Henry Hallett Dale
Date
early 20th century
Sitter
Henry Hallett Dale (1875 - 1968, British) , Knight Physician, Physiologist
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Henry Hallett Dale, turned and looking to the left as viewed, wearing a dark suit jacket, waistcoat and tie over a white shirt.
Handwritten verso inscription: ‘Dr. H. H. Dale 17277 D'
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914 and served as its President from 1940 to 1945. He was awarded the Royal Medal, 1924, and the Copley Medal, 1937, and was the joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1936 with Otto Loewi (1873-1961) ‘for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses’.
Handwritten verso inscription: ‘Dr. H. H. Dale 17277 D'
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) British physiologist and pharmacologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914 and served as its President from 1940 to 1945. He was awarded the Royal Medal, 1924, and the Copley Medal, 1937, and was the joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1936 with Otto Loewi (1873-1961) ‘for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses’.
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