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    Credit: © Estate of Sir William Rothenstein, All Rights Reserved, 2013/ Bridgeman Art Library
    Image number: RS.9636

    Portrait of Henry Lyons

    Date
    1931
    Sitter
    Henry George Lyons (1864 - 1944, British) , Geologist
    Creator
    William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (drawing): 300mm
    width (drawing): 228mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait with the sitter staring to the viewer’s left. Lyons is shown in a blue coat and tie and wears a precisely-clipped moustache.

    Sir Henry George Lyons was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1906.
    Transcription
    W. Rothenstein 1931
    ‘Sir Henry Lyons F.R.S. Treasurer 1929-1939 drawing in chalk by Sir William Rothenstein 1931. Presented by Mr. A.P. Lyons 1969’.
    Object history
    Presented by Mr A P Lyons, 1969.

    The donation was noted at Council, 1 December 1969. [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, vol.23, 1967-70, 1 December 1969, minute 11, p.560].
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