Portrait of Harry Blackmore Whittington
Date
ca.1971
Sitter
Harry Blackmore Whittington (1916 - 2010, British) , Palaeontologist
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 Harry Blackmore Whittington inclined to the right and looking off to the viewers left. He wears a moustache and is dressed in a mid-tone suit jacket, white shirt and tie with stylised floral motif.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner. Inscribed verso ‘Prof H. B. WHITTINGTON F.R.S.1971 Box 3. Rec’d 8.9.71. 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 5947/I.’
Harry Blackmore Whittington (1916-2010) British palaeontologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971.
Signed ‘Argent’ lower left-hand corner. Inscribed verso ‘Prof H. B. WHITTINGTON F.R.S.1971 Box 3. Rec’d 8.9.71. 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 5947/I.’
Harry Blackmore Whittington (1916-2010) British palaeontologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971.
Object history
Portrait used in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. (2012) (58): 299–325.
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