Portrait of James Jeans
Date
1924
Sitter
James Hopwood Jeans (1877 - 1946, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Philip Alexius de László (1869 - 1937, Hungarian) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 890mm
width (painting): 660mm
width (painting): 660mm
Subject
Description
Half length portrait, seated, the right hand gripping the arm of his chair. Looking directly to the viewer, Jeans wears a grey suit, white shirt and blue tie.
James Jeans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1906.
James Jeans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1906.
Transcription
de Laszlo 1924
SIR JAMES JEANS, O.M., F.R.S. (1877-1946) SECRETARY 1919-29. by P.A.DE LASZLO on permanent loan from Lady Jeans, 1982
SIR JAMES JEANS, O.M., F.R.S. (1877-1946) SECRETARY 1919-29. by P.A.DE LASZLO on permanent loan from Lady Jeans, 1982
Object history
Presented by Lady Jeans, 1982.
Recorded in Officers’ Minutes: “Accepted with gratitude an offer by Lady Jeans to place a portrait of Sir James Jeans by de Laszlo on permanent loan with the Society.” [Royal Society Officers’ Meetings Minute Book, 1981-1987, OM/44(82), p.31, meeting of 1 April 1982].
Recorded in Officers’ Minutes: “Accepted with gratitude an offer by Lady Jeans to place a portrait of Sir James Jeans by de Laszlo on permanent loan with the Society.” [Royal Society Officers’ Meetings Minute Book, 1981-1987, OM/44(82), p.31, meeting of 1 April 1982].
Associated place
Credit
© The Royal Society
Image number
RS.9543