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William Ramsay Collection: SCM - Art Object Name: oil painting; portrait Maker: Milbanke, Mark Richard Place Made: England, United Kingdom Date Made: 1913 Materials: oil paint on canvas Measurements: frame: 1660 mm x 1310 mm x 100 mm; image: 1400 mm x 1050 mm |
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Description: Painting. [William Ramsay] / by Mark Milbanke, 1913. Oil on canvas; 140 x 105 cm in glazed frame 166 x 131 x 10 cm. Signed and dated, br. An oil portrait of Ramsay in his laboratory was commissioned from the artist in 1912, and presented to University College London as a tribute to his distinguished work upon his retirement from the Chair of Chemistry. This replica, also commissioned, was presented to Lady Ramsay on that occasion. It was presented to the Science Museum by their daughter, Lady Tidy, upon the Ramsay centenary celebrations in 1952. Portrait, TQL looking L, of Ramsay working at his laboratory benches surrounded by the glass apparatus used throughout his researches on rare gases; chemical apparatus Credit Line: Lady Tidy |
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| University College London active 1826-present (2011), university of higher education, London, England | |
| Milbanke, Mark Richard 1875-1927, portraitist, English; British | |
| Ramsay, Sir William 1852-1916, research chemist, Scottish; British | |
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