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Three-quarter-length portrait of Ernest Rutherford, standing with right hand on hip, the left leaning on a small stack of books on a table or bench to the right as viewed. Glass column tubes, receivers and vacuum tube filled with mercury (apparently referring to Rutherford’s work in identifying alpha particles as positively-charged helium atoms) appear in the right foreground as viewed. Rutherford is dressed in a black suit and tie with a white wing-collar shirt and a gold watch chain visible at the waistcoat. Over this, a black teaching robe. Rutherford has greying hair and a moustache.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)

Date

1932

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 154 x W 103.9 cm

Accession number

RS.9746

Acquisition method

presented by a committee of subscribers, 1932

Work type

Painting

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