Portrait of Vincent Brian Wigglesworth
Date
c.1955
Sitter
Vincent Brian Wigglesworth (1899 - 1994) , Entomologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, inclined to the left and looking right of the camera as viewed, holding a paper open on the table below him.
Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth (1899-1994), British entomologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1955 ‘in recognition of his distinguished experimental contributions of outstanding value to many aspects of insect physiology’.
Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth (1899-1994), British entomologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1955 ‘in recognition of his distinguished experimental contributions of outstanding value to many aspects of insect physiology’.
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