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RefNoACS/1/3/5/32
AltRefNo88116
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Percy Fitzpatrick] Rowell, Secretary, The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, Victoria Embankment, London, W. C. 2., to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton, F. R. S., 40 Chester Square, S. W. 1.
CreatorRowell; Percy Fitzpatrick (1874-1940); Secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Date19 April 1929
DescriptionAks Swinton if he agrees that he should suggest to Sir Hugo Hirst that he should choose Mr [Walter Westley] Russell for the portrait of Graham Bell. Informs that Mr Campbell has been commissioned by Mr Atkinson to pain the [James] Clerk Maxwell portrait, and as he has also been commissioned to paint the [John] Hopkinson portrait, he has two paintings in hand.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA8063Hopkinson; John (1849 - 1898); electrical engineer1849 - 1898
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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