Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9736
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Portrait of Raphael Meldola
Date
ca. 1912-1915
Sitter
Raphael Meldola (1849 - 1915, British) , Chemist
Creator
Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860 - 1927, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 921mm
width (painting): 715mm
width (painting): 715mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half-length portrait of Raphael Meldola dressed in red and grey academic robes over a dress white shirt and tie with gold studs and a black waistcoat showing a watch-chain. Meldola is bearded and wears a gold pinz-nez with chain.
Raphael Meldola was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1886.
Raphael Meldola was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1886.
Transcription
Burlington House 1st floor”; in pen “Officer Doorway
WO 597/3
James Bourlet and Sons Ltd...D6464 17 & 18 Nasau Street...
RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.R.S. (1849-1915) by SOLOMON J. SOLOMON.
WO 597/3
James Bourlet and Sons Ltd...D6464 17 & 18 Nasau Street...
RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.R.S. (1849-1915) by SOLOMON J. SOLOMON.
Object history
Presented by subscribers, n.d. [post-1912]
The work is not included in the list of paintings printed in the Society’s Record for 1912 and therefore the presentation must post-date that. [The Record of the Royal Society of London, 3rd edition, (Royal Society, London, 1912)]. The 1931 portraits catalogue briefly lists the painting and method of donation. [The Royal Society. Catalogue of portraits (Royal Society, London, June 1931), p.7].
The work is not included in the list of paintings printed in the Society’s Record for 1912 and therefore the presentation must post-date that. [The Record of the Royal Society of London, 3rd edition, (Royal Society, London, 1912)]. The 1931 portraits catalogue briefly lists the painting and method of donation. [The Royal Society. Catalogue of portraits (Royal Society, London, June 1931), p.7].
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