Portrait of Robert Hanbury Brown
Date
1994
Sitter
Robert Hanbury Brown (1916 - 2002, British) , Astrophysicist
Creator
Eleanor Mather (1916 - 2011, American) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 700mm
width (painting): 650mm
width (painting): 650mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Robert Hanbury Brown, seated and in half-profile looking to the viewer’s right. The sitter is dressed in a plain white short-sleeved shirt, open at the collar. Hanbury Brown is seated on a red-brown armchair with a patterned throw or cover on the chair back.
Robert Hanbury Brown was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960.
Robert Hanbury Brown was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960.
Transcription
Eleanor Mather ‘94
Object history
Presented by the Hanbury Brown family, 2003.
The donation was made by Dr Marion Hanbury Brown on behalf of the family: their father’s scientific papers had already been given to the Royal Society. [Correspondence of Marion Hanbury Brown with signed gift agreement of 4 September 2003, Royal Society provenance file].
The donation was made by Dr Marion Hanbury Brown on behalf of the family: their father’s scientific papers had already been given to the Royal Society. [Correspondence of Marion Hanbury Brown with signed gift agreement of 4 September 2003, Royal Society provenance file].
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