Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9649
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Portrait of Charles Sherrington
Date
1927
Sitter
Charles Scott Sherrington (1857 - 1952, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Reginald Grenville Eves (1876 - 1941, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 987mm
width (painting): 730mm
width (painting): 730mm
Subject
Description
Half length seated portrait of Sherrington, shown with spectacles and a moustache, turning white. Sherrington is dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and red-brown, with a suggestion of pinstripe trousers. His left hand holds the armrest of a round backed wooden chair.
Charles Scott Sherrington was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1893, he served as its President from 1920 to 1925.
Charles Scott Sherrington was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1893, he served as its President from 1920 to 1925.
Transcription
R.G.Eves 1927
REEVES & SONS...”
SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON, PRESIDENT 1920-25. by R.G.EVES
REEVES & SONS...”
SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON, PRESIDENT 1920-25. by R.G.EVES
Object history
Presented by subscribers, 1928.
The presentation of this Presidential portrait commission is not noted in Council Minutes or Officers’ Minutes. It appears in the 1931 portraits catalogue. [Catalogue of portraits. The Royal Society (June, 1931), p.5].
The presentation of this Presidential portrait commission is not noted in Council Minutes or Officers’ Minutes. It appears in the 1931 portraits catalogue. [Catalogue of portraits. The Royal Society (June, 1931), p.5].
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