Portrait of Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington
Date
c.1969
Sitter
Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington (1920 - 1995) , Engineer
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington inclined to the right as viewed, looking back towards the camera. Dressed in a white shirt, a paisley patterned tie, and a pin-striped suit jacket.
Verso inscription: ‘PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARGENT/ GODFREY ARGENT/ NO. 8 LADBROKE WALK, NOTTING HILL, LONDON, W11 3PW […]
Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington (1920-1995), British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969. He was awarded the Society’s Mullard Award in 1968 ‘for his outstanding advances in the technology of glass manufacture and, in particular, for his invention and development of the float glass process’.
Verso inscription: ‘PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARGENT/ GODFREY ARGENT/ NO. 8 LADBROKE WALK, NOTTING HILL, LONDON, W11 3PW […]
Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington (1920-1995), British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969. He was awarded the Society’s Mullard Award in 1968 ‘for his outstanding advances in the technology of glass manufacture and, in particular, for his invention and development of the float glass process’.
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