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A half-length portrait shows Drury seated, his right hand resting at his earlobe, the left holding spectacles. The sitter wears a grey three-piece suit with white shirt, handkerchief and a blue tie with a white stripe. The chain of a pocket watch is visible. To the sitter’s right, on a shelf, are glass chemical storage jars and a larger corked demijohn.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Alan Drury (1889–1980)

Date

1952

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 62.3 cm

Accession number

RS.9619

Acquisition method

gift from the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, 1980

Work type

Painting

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