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John Logie Baird (1888–1946) (based on a work from 1943)

Donald Gilbert (1900–1961)

National Portrait Gallery, London

John Logie Baird (1888–1946)

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Born in Dunbartonshire, Baird began experimenting with television technology in 1922, and built the world's first working television set. He transmitted the first television picture in his laboratory in 1925, the image being the head of a ventriloquist's dummy. He repeated this achievement to members of the Royal Institution in 1926, when he gave the world's first demonstration of true television. The first transatlantic transmission followed in 1928. His system was used by the BBC from 1929 to 1937. He demonstrated colour television with a cathode ray tube in 1939, and in 1940 began research into stereoscopic television.

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Title

John Logie Baird (1888–1946)

Date

1959

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 45 x W 43 x D 32.5 cm

Accession number

4125

Acquisition method

purchased, 1959

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised and dated

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Donald Gilbert

1900–1961

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