Visit of Yuri Gagarin
Date
1961
Sitter
Yuri Gagarin (1934 - 1968, Soviet) , Cosmonaut
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 177mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
Subject
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Description
Half-length photograph showing Major Yuri Gagarin in military uniform visiting the Royal Society’s rooms at Burlington House, London. Gagarin is seen examining Isaac Newton’s telescope [MOB/005] with the manuscript of Newton’s Principia Mathematica [MS/69] open on the table beside it. A number of other dignitaries accompanying Gagarin on his tour can be seen in the background of the image.
Inscribed below: ‘MAJOR YURI GAGARIN’. This image was published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society, Volume 16, Issue 2 in November 1961.
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, was the first person to journey into outer space. He was not a Fellow of the Royal Society but was received by the President and Officers of the Royal Society on 13 July 1961.
Inscribed below: ‘MAJOR YURI GAGARIN’. This image was published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society, Volume 16, Issue 2 in November 1961.
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, was the first person to journey into outer space. He was not a Fellow of the Royal Society but was received by the President and Officers of the Royal Society on 13 July 1961.