Portrait of Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) yellow jacket Sunday 14 May 1989

Sunday 14 May 1989

'A barber's shop'

The 'Officious Passenger' is John Bright

View of anglers opposite Sadler's Wells Theatre

'Sir Joseph W Bazalgette'

Portrait of Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) yellow jacket Sunday 14 May 1989Three quarter length studio portrait of C. V. Raman leaning slightly with his right elbow resting upon a chair back, the left arm crooked with hand on hip. The cabinet sized print is pasted on the inner front board of the book Experimental investigations on the maintenance of vibrations, by C. V. Raman (Calcutta, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 1912). This volume was a presentation copy from the author to Sir Thomas Little Heath FRS