Credit: ©Godfrey Argent Studio
    Image number: RS.22167

    Portrait of Alan Walsh

    Date
    1969
    Sitter
    Alan Walsh (1916 - 1998) , Physicist
    Creator
    Godfrey Argent (1937 - 2006, British) , Photographer
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 205mm
    width (print): 157mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Alan Walsh inclined to the left but looking off to the right as viewed. He is dressed in a tweed suit jacket, white shirt and silk tie.

    Signed ‘Godfrey Argent’ lower right-hand corner. Inscribed verso ‘WALSH, ALAN F.R. 1969. Box 3. Prof. Alan Walsh. Rec’d 5.12.69.’ 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 5422/e.’

    Sir Alan Walsh (1916-1998) British physicist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1976 in recognition of his distinguished contributions to emission and infra-red spectroscopy and his origination of the atomic absorption method of quantitative analysis.
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