Gordon Clunes McKay Mathison (1884-1915)

Maker
Alice Mills
Date
1908
 Description
Black and white oval portrait photograph of young G. C. McKay Mathison wearing a suit coat, waistcoat and dark knitted tie. The rectangular mount is cream coloured and embossed.

Gordon Clunes McKay Mathison was appointed the first director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. He died on 18 May 1915 from wounds received from a stray bullet during the Battle of Gallipoli before he could take up the position.

This photograph was formerly in the Department of Physiology, 1968. Photograph taken at the same time as registration number 319.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
1908
Medium
photograph and ink, mounted
Measurements
15.2 x 7.5 cm
Accession Number
MHM00320
Credit line
Previously Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, transferred ca 1968
Inscriptions
signatures ▫ handwritten below image: 'Yours Sincerely/G.C. Mathison'
maker's mark ▫ handwritten beneath signature: 'Alice Mills Melbourne'
dates ▫ handwritten at base: '1908'
Object Type
photographic medium/photograph
Medical History Museum Category
Photography, Sound and Film
Museum
Medical History Museum

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