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Portrait of Sir Flinders Petrie, F.R.S

1934; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 134; Issue: 3397 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/134874a0

1476-4687

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

ON Sir Flinders Petrie's retirement from the Edwards professorship of Egyptology in the University of London, many of his friends and admirers desired to commemorate his long tenure of that chair. It was decided that the memorial should take the form of a portrait of the great pioneer in the science of archaeology, to be presented to University College, where he had worked for forty years. An appeal for subscriptions met with a generous response and, on Sir Flinders Petrie's visit to England in the summer, the portrait was painted by Mr. Philip de Laszlo. On November 23, Sir Henry Lyons made the presentation to the College on behalf of the subscribers, of whom a large number were present; Sir John Rose Bradford accepted the gift on behalf of the College. The portrait is an exceptionally fine example of the artist's work and a striking likeness of Sir Flinders Petrie.