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Photograph (Gelatine Print) of W. H. Perkin in his Laboratory at the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford, c.1920

Inventory Number 66715


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.66715

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford Chemistry Department.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 165mm Width: 215mm
Inventory No
66715

Description

Matt gelatine print. Perkin stands in his research laboratory at the recently-built Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford (built 1916), examining some chemical in a ?test tube or small vessel. Various glass chemical vessels are on the bench where he stands, and others in the foreground, and also a chemical balance; glass jars of chemicals are on shelves on the wall beside him.