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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

(1890-1976), Archaeologist and broadcaster

Sitter in 15 portraits


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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Lafayette - NPG x27369

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Lafayette
bromide print, early 1930s
NPG x27369

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x16592

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 January 1939
NPG x16592

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x16593

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 January 1939
NPG x16593

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x16594

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 January 1939
NPG x16594

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x16595

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 January 1939
NPG x16595

Mavis Wheeler (née Mabel Winifred Mary Wright); Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x85002

Mavis Wheeler (née Mabel Winifred Mary Wright); Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 27 January 1939
NPG x85002

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Howard Coster - NPG x2148

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Howard Coster
print, 1956
NPG x2148

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Howard Coster - NPG x2365

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Howard Coster
print, 1956
NPG x2365

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Howard Coster - NPG x2366

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Howard Coster
print, 1956
NPG x2366

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Godfrey Argent - NPG x165756

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 May 1970
NPG x165756

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler, by Godfrey Argent - NPG x165757

Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 May 1970
NPG x165757

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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1951
NPG x186092

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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, June 1951
NPG x204150

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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, June 1951
NPG x204151

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Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler

by Walter Bird
bromide print, 8 June 1961
NPG x186093

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