Portrait of Franz Sondheimer
Date
1980
Sitter
Franz Sondheimer (1926 - 1981) , Chemist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Franz Sondheimer looking directly to viewer through wire framed spectacles and smiling. He is dressed in a herringbone suit jacket, white shirt and a tie with aeroplane motif [?]
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SONDHEIMER, Franz F.R.S. 1967. Box 3. Rec’d 14.4.80.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘PHOTOGRAPH BY GODFREY ARGENT. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL:- 937 0441, 937 4008. The identification number of this print is: 80.GRS.8180/10.’
Franz Sondheimer (1926-1981) German-born British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SONDHEIMER, Franz F.R.S. 1967. Box 3. Rec’d 14.4.80.’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘PHOTOGRAPH BY GODFREY ARGENT. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL:- 937 0441, 937 4008. The identification number of this print is: 80.GRS.8180/10.’
Franz Sondheimer (1926-1981) German-born British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967.
Object history
Portrait used in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (1982) (28): 505–536.
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