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RefNoVF/32
AltRefNoVF32
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Sir William Ramsay by Sir Leslie Ward
ArtistWard, Leslie ['Spy']
Hentschel-Colourtype
Date02 December 1908
DescriptionVanity Fair cartoon titled 'Chemistry' featuring Sir William Ramsay in a lecture room, pointing to a diagram of the periodic table. Full length, slight left profile. Number 1148 of the 'Men of the Day' series.
InscriptionContentRecto inscription: 'VANITY FAIR Supplement./ Hentschel-Colourtype, London./ "Chemistry"/ (Sit William Ramsay)'
ObjectNameLithograph
PhysicalDescriptionColoured lithograph on paper
Dimensions380mm x 263mm
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenanceFrom volume formerly owned by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, bound as item 13, since disbound for framing
RelatedMaterialColour transparency, Box N101. IM/003740
RelatedRecordIM/003740
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6172Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916)1852 - 1916
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