Rosalind Franklin
(1920-1958), CrystallographerRosalind Elsie Franklin
Sitter in 4 portraits
Crystallographer; from 1950 Franklin undertook systematic X-ray study of DNA fibres, producing crucial information used by Crick and Watson in building their DNA model; later she provided the first analytical demonstration of the model's accuracy. From 1953 she worked on virus structure, but died of cancer at the height of her success.
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 11 June 1946
NPG x76928
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate film negative, 11 June 1946
NPG x76929
by Vittorio Luzzati
bromide print, July 1950
NPG x76912
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