Portrait of Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
Date
c.1976
Sitter
Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (1890 - 1976) , Archaeologist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, inclined to the left as viewed, holding a tobacco pipe, looking out at the camera. Wearing a black suit and tie, and white shirt, with rows of books visible in the background.
Signed with the photographer’s signature in the bottom left-hand corner of the print. Verso inscrip-tion: ‘Copyright/ GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO. 33 QUEEN’S GATE LONDON, SW7 577’ […] Rec’d at R.S. Mar. 1977’
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976), British archaeologist and broadcaster, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968 under Statute 12.
Signed with the photographer’s signature in the bottom left-hand corner of the print. Verso inscrip-tion: ‘Copyright/ GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO. 33 QUEEN’S GATE LONDON, SW7 577’ […] Rec’d at R.S. Mar. 1977’
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976), British archaeologist and broadcaster, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968 under Statute 12.
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