Science in Focus: Portraits of Scientists

Past display archive
26 August 2009 - 17 January 2010

Room 38a

Antony Hewish, by Anita Corbin and John O'Grady, 1989 - NPG x132607 - © Anita Corbin and John O'Grady

Antony Hewish
by Anita Corbin and John O'Grady
1989
NPG x132607

Two important newly acquired collections of photographs of scientists form the basis of this display: eleven colour portraits by Anita Corbin and John O’Grady, and eight black and white portraits by Anne-Katrin Purkiss. Sitters include Nobel Prize winners Antony Hewish, César Milstein and Sir James Whyte Black. The photographs show each sitter with a background relevant to their pioneering work.