Portrait of Stanley Keith Runcorn
Date
Ca.1968
Sitter
Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922 - 2005) , Geophysicist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 207mm
width (print): 157mm
width (print): 157mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Stanley Keith Runcorn seated to the right as viewed with hands clasped in his lap and looking out to viewer. He is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket, white shirt and academic tie.
Signed ‘Godfrey Argent’ lower left-hand side. Inscribed verso ‘R|UNCORN, STANLEY KEITH F.R.S. 1965 Box 3. Rec’d 21.11.68.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘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 5214/A’
Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922-1995) British geophysicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. He gave the Rutherford Memorial Lecture in 1970.
Signed ‘Godfrey Argent’ lower left-hand side. Inscribed verso ‘R|UNCORN, STANLEY KEITH F.R.S. 1965 Box 3. Rec’d 21.11.68.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘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 5214/A’
Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922-1995) British geophysicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. He gave the Rutherford Memorial Lecture in 1970.
Object history
Used in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (2002) (48): 391–403.
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