Portrait of Noreen Murray
Date
ca. 2000
Sitter
Noreen Elizabeth Murray (1935 - 2011, British) , Molecular geneticist
Creator
Jeff Stultiens (1944, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 764mm
width (painting): 610mm
width (painting): 610mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Noreen Murray, seated sideways on a wooden chair, her right elbow resting on the chair back with her hand on her forehead. Her left arm crosses her body with the hand holding the chair back. Behind, the room is panelled in wood with a floral-patterned curtain to the left as viewed. Noreen Murray has fair hair, cut short and she wears a white blouse and black or navy blue trousers over which is a blue gown with red sleeves. She wears a gold necklace, just visible at the throat and a fox head brooch. In the foreground is a light blue vase with red, white and blue sweet pea flowers.
Noreen Murray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1982.
Noreen Murray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1982.
Transcription
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Object history
Presented by Noreen Murray FRS and Ken Murray FRS, 2010.
The possibility that the works would be presented to the Society was a suggestion from Noreen Murray in March 2010: “our portraits...by the artist who did the portrait of Aaron Klug (former President of the Royal Society...it would be nice if both could come to the Royal Society. We are very happy about this, wherever they reside.” [e-mail, Noreen Murray to Alison Pemberton, Royal Society Director of Development, 1 March 2010. Royal Society Provenance File].
One of a pair of portraits by Jeff Stultiens, the other of Ken Murray.
The possibility that the works would be presented to the Society was a suggestion from Noreen Murray in March 2010: “our portraits...by the artist who did the portrait of Aaron Klug (former President of the Royal Society...it would be nice if both could come to the Royal Society. We are very happy about this, wherever they reside.” [e-mail, Noreen Murray to Alison Pemberton, Royal Society Director of Development, 1 March 2010. Royal Society Provenance File].
One of a pair of portraits by Jeff Stultiens, the other of Ken Murray.
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