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James Watson

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.69.74
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (8)

Catherine Bunbury

1778 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Musical Boy

1777 · Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper

Image: 34.3 × 27.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 37 × 27.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Her Royal Highness, Anne, Duchess of Cumberland

1773 · Mezzotint on cream laid paper

Image: 61.2 × 37.6 cm (24 1/8 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 63.6 × 37.8 cm (25 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Margaret, Countess of Carlisle

1773 · Mezzotint with engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 45.2 × 35.3 cm (17 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 50.1 × 35.4 cm (19 3/4 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 58.3 × 41.9 cm (23 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1770 · Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 40.8 × 31.5 cm (16 1/8 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.7 × 31.5 cm (18 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frances, Lady Bridges

1768 · Mezzotint on paper

Plate: 49.4 × 35.4 cm (19 1/2 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 36.4 cm (19 11/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sir Jeffrey Amherst

1766 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Elizabeth, Duchess of Manchester and Her Son

1765 · Mezzotint on cream laid paper

Sheet: 69 × 47 cm (27 3/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Image: 62 × 41 cm (24 7/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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8 published of 8 catalogued · 8 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Catherine Bunbury
1778 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sir Jeffrey Amherst
1766 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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