Portrait of Thomas Edward Thorpe
Date
Ca.1901
Sitter
Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845 - 1925, British) , Chemist, Chemist
Creator - Organisation
Halftones Limited, Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 216mm
width (print): 216mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Full-length portrait of Thomas Edward Thrope standing on a low box at a laboratory bench, using a lens to peer into a container. Various other technical staff of the Government Laboratories at Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London, are at work.
Stamped: 'Halftones Limited. 17, Fleet Street, London E.C.'
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
Stamped: 'Halftones Limited. 17, Fleet Street, London E.C.'
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
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