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Painting (Oil on Canvas, Framed) of Guglielmo Marconi, by Albert Chevallier Tayler, London, 1912

Inventory Number 94575


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.94575

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2004.
Primary inscriptions
"A Chevalier Taylor 1912" signed by brush on front surface. See Documents for other inscriptions.
Object type
Oil painting
Dimensions
Height: 54mm Width: 425mm Depth: 58mm Weight: 2750g
Inventory No
94575
Accession Number
2004-9/604

Description

Portrait of Marconi at the age of 38. Oil on canvas in a gilt frame. "A Chevalier Taylor 1912" signed by brush on front surface. The reverse has a paper handwritten note stuck to a piece of wooden board stating 'Sign. Marconi Painted from life by A Chevalier Tayler R.A 15 Grove End Road St Johns Wood NW' and further wording which I cannot read.