| RefNo | S/0057 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Bust of Elsie Widdowson |
| Artist | Bulman; Margo (1913 - 2003); sculptor |
| Date | 1995 |
| Description | Head of Elsie Widdowson, slightly inclined to the left as viewed, smiling with plaited hair and a bow around her neck |
| InscriptionContent | 'Dr. Elsie Widdowson/ CH. CBE. FRS./ Margo Bulman 74' |
| ObjectName | Sculpture |
| PhysicalDescription | Bronze head (hollow), mounted on a wooden plinth |
| Materials | Bronze, wood |
| Dimensions | 300 (h) x 160 (w) x 140 (d) mm [bust]
50 (h) x 195 (w) x 295 (d) mm [plinth] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | On loan to The Nutrition Society October 2022-2025 |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| Provenance | Presented to the Society in 2019 by the Medical Research Council, on closure of the Elsie Widdowson Laboratory [formerly Dunn Nutritional Laboratories], alongside a sculpture bust of her colleague Robert Alexander McCance and a collection of their papers, catalogued as MS/934. For further information on 1) accession, see archive accession file for MS/934 2) on casting of the bust see MS/934/1/5/10 |
| RelatedRecord | S/0035 |
| MS/934 |
| Copies | S/0035 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5952 | Widdowson; Elsie May (1906 - 2000); nutritionist | 1906 - 2000 |