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Reference numberVF/26
Alternative reference numberVF26
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi by Sir Leslie Ward
ArtistWard, Leslie ['Spy']
Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Date16 March 1905
DescriptionVanity Fair cartoon titled 'Wires without wires' featuring Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi. Full length, left profile. Number 945 of the 'Men of the Day' series.
InscriptionContentRecto inscription: 'VANITY FAIR Supplement/ Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith./ "Wires without wires"/ Jehu Junior'
FormatLithograph
Physical descriptionColoured lithograph on paper
Dimensions380mm x 263mm
Access statusOpen
ProvenanceFrom volume formerly owned by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, bound as item 14
Related materialwww.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html. Colour transparency, Box N101, IM/002974
Related records in the catalogueIM/002974
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