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↑ Up one levelProfessor Francis Robinson
Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS MEMB-RAS MEMB/5-RAS MEMB/5/1-RAS MEMB/5/1/3
Publication status
Published
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 sheets of photographs
Date(s)
- 4 July 2006 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
Biographical history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two colour photographs of Professor Francis Robinson, former RAS President, posing in front of the Society's Qajar painting depicting two girls (Head Cat. No. 01.002). Includes a contact sheet of other photographs from the photoshoot, taken on 4 July 2006 by Robert Workman. Photographs taken to marked his retirement as President of the Society in June 2006.
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Additional information
Existence and location of copies
One copy of the photograph is framed and hanging in the Reading Room.
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