Sir Austin Pearce, CBE
- artist:
- Daphne Todd
Painting. [Sir Austin Pearce CBE], Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Science Museum, from 1986 / by Daphne Todd, 1990. Oil on ply panel; 127 x 102 cm in gilt and gesso frame 142 x 117 x 8 cm. Signed brc. Commissioned by the Science Museum. TQL portrait of Sir Austin (wearing Museum warding uniform tie), seated in the East Hall in front of the flywheel of the cross-compound Lancashire textile mill engine of 1903; on the right is the 700 hp marine triple expansion engine; foreground left and right show details of Petroleum exhibits; also on the right is Mr. Herbert Lee, object cleaner, attending to the engines.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1990-606
- Materials:
- oil paint on plywood panel and gesso
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1420 mm x 1160 mm x 62 mm, 14 kg
frame: 1420 mm x 1170 mm x 80 mm,
image: 1270 mm x 1020 mm
- type:
- oil painting and portrait
- credit:
- Purchased (Daphne Todd)