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Half-length portrait of Ken Murray seated on a wooden chair with red upholstery and carved scroll armrests. Murray is half turned to the left as viewed, his hands are held loosely together, a pen in the right hand, both resting on papers on a table before him. Behind and to the right, the room is panelled in wood. To the left as viewed is a curtain with floral decoration and possibly a window. Murray is dressed in a blue checked jacket, brown pullover, white shirt and blue tie. He is painted wearing spectacles.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Kenneth Murray (b.1930)

Date

c.2000

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.5 x W 61 cm

Accession number

RS.9696

Acquisition method

presented by Noreen Murray and Ken Murray, 2010

Work type

Painting

The Royal Society

6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, Greater London SW1Y 5AG England

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