MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Print, Photographic
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Herman H. Goldstine
Description:
Dimension:H:19.250in W:15.500in
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Figure faces slightly to left, head leaning on left hand. Subject wears glasses, shirt, jacket, tie. Top of chair visible.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:D:0.375in Dia:3.250in
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Obverse: bas-relief profile portrait of Charles Emile Picard; "MORLON" at right.
Reverse: olive branch at bottom; "L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE A EMILE PICARD CINQUANTENAIRE DE SON ELECTION 11 NOVBRE 1939."
Presented along with the papers of Simon Flexner (APS Library).
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Herman Goldstine
Description:
Dimension:H:42.313in W:34.625in D:2.500in Framed
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Subject sits at table covered with green cloth bearing APS seal. On table is a box with gavel and percussion piece. Charles Willson Peale's portrait of Benjamin Franklin after David Martin (58.P.1) is visible over subject's right shoulder. ENIAC logic board is in foreground. Scene appears to be set in the auditorium of the APS's Franklin Hall. Notations from Goldstine's notebooks are incised on the wide wooden frame.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Miniature Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton
Description:
Dimension:H:2.125in W:1.250in D:0.375in Height incl. extension at top; oval
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Bust-length, oval portrait with body turned slightly to the left, in front of a gray background. The subject has powdered or gray hair, brown eyes, and a pale complexion. He wears a blue damask banyan, a waistcoat with gold, braided edges, and a white neckcloth. The miniature portrait is set in a gold locket with blue enamel backing surrounding a pearl oval which holds a glass covering for an arrangement of hair. Unsigned and undated.