Field Visit
Date 1 April 2000
Event ID 612288
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612288
Bas-relief portrait profile of head of Francis Albert Eley Crew, looking to viewers' right. The relief is contained within a concave circular medallion enclosed by a rectangular section.
Francis Albert Eley Crew (1886-1973), professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh.
Inscriptions : Below portrait, on body of panel, raised lettering within incised blocks:
F.A.E. CREW F.R.S. / DIRECTOR / 1919 - 1944
Signatures : On left hand side of head adjacent to neck:
A.DODS / 1945
Design period : 1945
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0037)