Portrait of Alan Hugh Cook
Date
1969
Sitter
Alan Hugh Cook (1922 - 2004, British) , Physicist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Alan Hugh Cook inclined to the right and looking out to viewer. He wears spectacles and is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket, white shirt and bow tie.
Inscribed with the artist signature ‘Godfrey Argent’ in the lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘COOK, ALAN HUGH FRS 1969. Box 3. Photograph received 20.6.69.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. Telephone: 01-584 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5390/13. Dr. Alan Hugh Cook FRS.’
Sir Alan Hugh Cook (1922-2004), British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served on its Council between 1972 and 1973. He was editor for Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London from 1996.
Inscribed with the artist signature ‘Godfrey Argent’ in the lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘COOK, ALAN HUGH FRS 1969. Box 3. Photograph received 20.6.69.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.7. Telephone: 01-584 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5390/13. Dr. Alan Hugh Cook FRS.’
Sir Alan Hugh Cook (1922-2004), British physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served on its Council between 1972 and 1973. He was editor for Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London from 1996.
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