Portrait of Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis
Date
c.1967
Sitter
Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis (1906 - 1988) , Engineer
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis inclined slightly left as viewed, one hand raised, looking right of the camera. Wearing a pinstriped shirt and suit.
Signed with the photographer’s signature in the bottom right-hand corner of the print. Verso inscription: ‘Copyright:/ Photograph/by/ GODFREY ARGENT. 49 QUEENS GATE,/ KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. […] Recd 6.6.69’
Sir Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis (1906-1988), British-Greek automotive designer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967. He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 1966 for ‘his distinguished contributions to the design of motor cars, particularly the Morris Minor and Austin and Morris Mini’.
Signed with the photographer’s signature in the bottom right-hand corner of the print. Verso inscription: ‘Copyright:/ Photograph/by/ GODFREY ARGENT. 49 QUEENS GATE,/ KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. […] Recd 6.6.69’
Sir Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis (1906-1988), British-Greek automotive designer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967. He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 1966 for ‘his distinguished contributions to the design of motor cars, particularly the Morris Minor and Austin and Morris Mini’.
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