Portrait of Ruth Ann Sanger
Date
Ca.1973
Sitter
Ruth Ann Sanger (1918 - 2001, British) , Geneticist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Ruth Ann Sanger inclined to the right and in three-quarter profile, her head is tilted as she looks out to viewer. She has shoulder length hair and is wearing a white blouse with pearl necklace.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SANGER RUTH ANN (MRS R. R. RACE) F.R.S. 1972. Box 3. Received Dec. 1973.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘Copyright: Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT. 33 QUEEN’S GATE GARDENS, LONDON SW7 5RR. Telephone: 01-584 0269. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 6300/E’
Ruth Ann Sanger (1918-2001) British immunogeneticist and serologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and served on its Council between 1977 and 1978.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SANGER RUTH ANN (MRS R. R. RACE) F.R.S. 1972. Box 3. Received Dec. 1973.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘Copyright: Photograph by GODFREY ARGENT. 33 QUEEN’S GATE GARDENS, LONDON SW7 5RR. Telephone: 01-584 0269. The Reference No. of this print is GRS 6300/E’
Ruth Ann Sanger (1918-2001) British immunogeneticist and serologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and served on its Council between 1977 and 1978.
Object history
Used in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (2003) (49): 461–473.
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