Portrait of Alfred Spinks
Date
1979
Sitter
Alfred Spinks (1917 - 1982, British) , Chemist
Creator
Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 202mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Alfred Spinks inclined to the left and looking directly to viewer. He is dressed in a mid-tone pin-striped suit jacket, white shirt and academic tie.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SPINKS Alfred FRS 1977, Box 3(2). Rec’d 8.4.81. 79 GRS.8151/17’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘COPYRIGHT: GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Alfred Spinks (1917-1982) British chemist and biologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1977. He gave the Philips Lecture on Targets in biotechnology in 1981.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner, front mount. Inscribed verso ‘SPINKS Alfred FRS 1977, Box 3(2). Rec’d 8.4.81. 79 GRS.8151/17’ Stamped ‘The Royal Society of London’ and ‘COPYRIGHT: GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO. 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON, W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Alfred Spinks (1917-1982) British chemist and biologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1977. He gave the Philips Lecture on Targets in biotechnology in 1981.
Object history
Portrait used in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (1984) (30): 566–594.
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