Oxford Scientists
1 portrait of Sir Edward Abraham
Oxford Scientists
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
bromide print, 1944
11 5/8 in. x 14 3/4 in. (295 mm x 375 mm)
Purchased, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG P562
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Sittersback to top
- Sir Edward Abraham (1913-1999), Pathologist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Wilson Baker (1900-2002), Organic chemist. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Sir Ernst Chain (1906-1979), Biochemist. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975), Organic chemist. Sitter in 5 portraits.
This portraitback to top
In 1944, ICI commissioned a film from the Realist Film Unit whose chief cameraman was Suschitzky, which documented the development and manufacture of penicillin in Britain. It showed scenes including a re-enactment of Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, the treatment of a wounded soldier, and Sir Howard Florey, Sir Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley at work on the chemistry of penicillin in their Oxford laboratory. Sir Ernst Chain is shown here with fellow scientist Professor Robert Robinson in his office at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 739
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Photograph of the Month - August 2012 (1 August 2012 - 31 August 2012)
- Centenaries and Centenarians (5 February 2000 - 11 August 2000)
Exhibitions and displays
- Francis Goodman: Back in Focus
Until 3 November
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