Portrait of Howard Florey
Date
1962
Sitter
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (1898 - 1968, Australian) , Pathologist
Creator
Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892 - 1982, British) , Painter
Object type
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Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 410mm
width (drawing): 300mm
width (drawing): 300mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three-quarter length, full face portrait showing a bespectacled Florey seated and in academic robes. The sketch is annotated by the artist as a working drawing with date notes [sitting times?].
Howard Florey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, he served as its President from 1960 to 1965.
Howard Florey was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, he served as its President from 1960 to 1965.
Transcription
Study for the portrait of Lord Florey by Allan Gwynne-Jones. Bought from the artist, 9 January 1971
Object history
Presented by Marianne Ford, in memory of Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999).
Purchased from the artist by Sir (Richard) Brinsley Ford, 9 January 1971. Brinsley Ford’s personal account reads: ‘Three of these studies are done on the backs of large brown envelopes, those of Lord Florey and Sir Harry Ricardo on the backs of enveloped addressed to A.G-J. when he was on the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. But he told me that even if the postage marks were legible, they would be no guide to the dates when the portraits were painted as he was in the habit of accumulating these envelopes for future use! I asked him to date these portraits but he could not do so accurately. However it would be possible by consulting either the owners or the R.A. catalogues to find out when they were painted. I have only recorded the dates he suggested'.
Acquired with portraits of Harry Ralph Ricardo and Sir Melville Jones.
Purchased from the artist by Sir (Richard) Brinsley Ford, 9 January 1971. Brinsley Ford’s personal account reads: ‘Three of these studies are done on the backs of large brown envelopes, those of Lord Florey and Sir Harry Ricardo on the backs of enveloped addressed to A.G-J. when he was on the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. But he told me that even if the postage marks were legible, they would be no guide to the dates when the portraits were painted as he was in the habit of accumulating these envelopes for future use! I asked him to date these portraits but he could not do so accurately. However it would be possible by consulting either the owners or the R.A. catalogues to find out when they were painted. I have only recorded the dates he suggested'.
Acquired with portraits of Harry Ralph Ricardo and Sir Melville Jones.
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