Portrait of Barnes Neville Wallis
Date
1969
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Head and shoulders portrait of Barnes Neville Wallis, facing forward, one hand raised to his face, looking down. Wearing a black suit and tie, and white shirt.
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 Barnes Neville Wallis (1887-1979), British aeronautical designer and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1975 ‘in recognition of the originality of his ideas and the determination with which he has pursued them’.
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 Barnes Neville Wallis (1887-1979), British aeronautical designer and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945. He was awarded the Society’s Royal Medal in 1975 ‘in recognition of the originality of his ideas and the determination with which he has pursued them’.
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