Portrait of Juda Hirsch Quastel
Date
c.1960s
Sitter
Juda Hirsch Quastel (1899 - 1987) , Biochemist
Creator
Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
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Description
Seated portrait of Juda Hirsch Quastel, inclined slightly right as viewed, looking out at the camera. Dressed in a dark suit, striped tie and white shirt.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature in lower left-hand corner.
Juda Hirsch Quastel (1899-1987), British-Canadian biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940. He was awarded the Leeuwen-hoek Award in 1954 and gave its lecture on ‘soil metabolism’.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature in lower left-hand corner.
Juda Hirsch Quastel (1899-1987), British-Canadian biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940. He was awarded the Leeuwen-hoek Award in 1954 and gave its lecture on ‘soil metabolism’.
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