Portrait of Eric James Denton
Date
Ca.1971
Sitter
Eric James Denton (1923 - 2007, British) , Marine biologist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Eric James Denton facing forward but looking off to the left of the viewer. He is wearing a mid-tone suit jacket, shirt and tie.
Signed ‘Argent’ on the front lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘DENTON, ERIC JAMES F.R.S.1964. Box 3. Prof. E.J.Denton F.R.S. Rec’d 4.8.71.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. COPYRIGHT Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. S.W.7. Telephone: 01. 584. 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5924/E’.
Eric James Denton (1923-2007), British marine biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964 and served on its Council between 1969-1971 and 1984-1985. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1987 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the physiology of marine animals and delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1973 on 'Buoyancy and the lives of modern and fossil cephalopods'.
Signed ‘Argent’ on the front lower left-hand corner. Inscribed on verso ‘DENTON, ERIC JAMES F.R.S.1964. Box 3. Prof. E.J.Denton F.R.S. Rec’d 4.8.71.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London. COPYRIGHT Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT, 49 QUEENS GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. S.W.7. Telephone: 01. 584. 0269 & 5431. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 5924/E’.
Eric James Denton (1923-2007), British marine biologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964 and served on its Council between 1969-1971 and 1984-1985. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1987 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the physiology of marine animals and delivered the Croonian Lecture in 1973 on 'Buoyancy and the lives of modern and fossil cephalopods'.
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