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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of Ernest Rutherford on Board Ship to Australia, by N. V. Sidgwick, 1914

Inventory Number 25468


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25468

Item type
Object
Provenance
From N. V. Sidgwick via the Oxford Chemistry Department.
Primary inscriptions
Numbered 4 on back.
Other inscriptions
Later identifying inscription [in E. J. Bowen's hand].
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 161mm Width: 123mm
Inventory No
25468

Description

Gelatine print, sepia toned. Candid portrait or snapshot of Ernest Rutherford, standing full length, engaged in sports activities on the deck of the ship en route to Australia for the 1914 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

One of an unusually candid series of photographs featuring Rutherford taken by the Oxford chemist N. V. Sidgwick, who met and became friends with Rutherford on this trip (the others are 26192, 34685, 94495, 99484). For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.