Portrait of Charles James Martin
Date
ca. 1930
Sitter
Charles James Martin (1866 - 1955, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Possibly Morland Lewis (1903 - 1943, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 764mm
width (painting): 640mm
width (painting): 640mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Charles Martin, dressed in a grey suit, white shirt and grey-blue tie, against a dark background. Martin has grey receding hair, a brown moustache and is shown with round, gold rimmed spectacles.
Charles Martin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1901.
Charles Martin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1901.
Transcription
SIR CHARLES MARTIN, F.R.S. (1866-1955) Copy of a portrait by M.LEWIS.
Object history
Donated by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, 1980.
The Royal Society’s Officer’s Minutes from July 1980 state that: “Agreed, subject to view, to accept with thanks an offer, conveyed by Sir Ashley Miles, whereby the Society would receive from the Lister Institute portraits of four Fellows: Sir Alan Drury, Sir John Ledingham (1875-1944), Sir Charles Martin (1866-1955) and Sir Ashley Miles.” [Royal Society Officer’s Minutes, OMM/17, meeting of 17 July 1980 [OM/91(80)], p. 260].
A letter of thanks was sent to Professor A Neuberger FRS, Chairman of the Governing Body on 8 October 1980. [Royal Society Provenance File: letter, President RS to A Neuberger, Lister Institute, Elstree, Hertfordshire, 8 October 1980].
According to Martin’s entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, “A portrait by M. Lewis is in the possession of the family”, presumably the original of this work. [“Morison, Patricia, 'Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955), Physiologist and Pathologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 423-425].
The Society’s portraits of Alan Drury, John Ledingham and Ashley Miles formed part of the same group.
The Royal Society’s Officer’s Minutes from July 1980 state that: “Agreed, subject to view, to accept with thanks an offer, conveyed by Sir Ashley Miles, whereby the Society would receive from the Lister Institute portraits of four Fellows: Sir Alan Drury, Sir John Ledingham (1875-1944), Sir Charles Martin (1866-1955) and Sir Ashley Miles.” [Royal Society Officer’s Minutes, OMM/17, meeting of 17 July 1980 [OM/91(80)], p. 260].
A letter of thanks was sent to Professor A Neuberger FRS, Chairman of the Governing Body on 8 October 1980. [Royal Society Provenance File: letter, President RS to A Neuberger, Lister Institute, Elstree, Hertfordshire, 8 October 1980].
According to Martin’s entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, “A portrait by M. Lewis is in the possession of the family”, presumably the original of this work. [“Morison, Patricia, 'Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955), Physiologist and Pathologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 423-425].
The Society’s portraits of Alan Drury, John Ledingham and Ashley Miles formed part of the same group.
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