Portrait of Ernst Boris Chain
Date
c.1970s
Sitter
Ernst Boris Chain (1906 - 1979, German-British) , Knight Biochemist, Biochemist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Ernst Boris Chain inclined to the right as viewed, looking out at the camera. Dressed in a white shirt, a striped tie, and a mid-toned suit jacket.
Verso inscription: ‘PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARGENT/ GODFREY ARGENT/ NO. 8 LADBROKE WALK, NOTTING HILL, LONDON, W11 3PW […]
Sir Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979), German-British biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949. Chain, Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) and Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
Verso inscription: ‘PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARGENT/ GODFREY ARGENT/ NO. 8 LADBROKE WALK, NOTTING HILL, LONDON, W11 3PW […]
Sir Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979), German-British biochemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1949. Chain, Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) and Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
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