Art UK has updated its cookies policy. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. To find out more read our updated Use of Cookies policy and our updated Privacy policy.

We are currently unable to display this image due to copyright restrictions

How you can use this image

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

A half-length portrait of Sir Ashley Miles seated at a laboratory bench with hands in pockets. An open manuscript is on the bench in front of him and there is a steel fountain pen angled in his waistcoat packet, as if quickly pushed there. Behind, left and right, are angled rows of test tubes and laboratory glassware, with a Bunsen burner to the left as viewed. Miles is shown smiling with dark arched eyebrows contrasting with his grey hair, worn parted on his right-hand side. He wears a white shirt and red tie with a green waistcoat over this.

The Royal Society

London

Title

(Arnold) Ashley Miles (1904–1988)

Date

1971

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 94 x W 70 cm

Accession number

RS.9729

Acquisition method

gift from the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, 1980

Work type

Painting

The Royal Society

6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, Greater London SW1Y 5AG England

Not all locations are open to the public. Please contact the gallery or collection for more information
View venue