John Logie Baird after James Kerr-Lawson, 20” x 16” unframed £285

This fittingly majestic portrait of John Logie Baird hangs in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow visit

The development of television was the result of work by many inventors. Among them, Baird was a prominent pioneer and made major advances in the field. Below is an edited extract from his Wikipedia page or you can read the full entry here

In early 1923 Baird moved to Hastings and built what was to become the world's first working television set using items including an old hatbox and a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea chest, and sealing wax and glue that he purchased.

He gave the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London on 25 March 1925 and by January 1926 Baird was able to perform a transmission for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times> The demonstration took place in his laboratory at 22 Frith Street in the Soho district of London (A blue plaque site)

He demonstrated the world's first colour transmission on 3 July 1928. The demonstration was of a young girl wearing different coloured hats. (That young girl was Noele Gordon who later found success, fame and huge popularity as Meg Richardson in “Crossroads” among other achievements)

Baird then set up the Baird Television Development Company Ltd, which in 1928 made the first transatlantic television transmission, from London to New York, and the first television programme for the BBC.

In November 1929, Baird and Bernard Natan established France's first television company: Télévision-Baird-Natan.

On 14 July 1930 the BBC, with Baird’s assistance, broadcast “The Man with the Flower in His Mouth” the first drama shown on UK television and transmitted it to 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister of the time, Ramsay MacDonald, watched it with his family.

The following year saw the BBC's first live outside broadcast with transmission of The Derby in 1931; Television was ready to develop into a world winning entertainment medium.

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Our reproduction of this stately portrait is approximately half original size at 20” x 16” (508 x 406mm) unframed and available for £285, a reduction of 25% off our guide price

This painting can be shipped free of charge to any UK mainland address. Please inquire for overseas shipping charges.

We would be very happy to provide an additional stretching and framing service, please inquire if you are interested in this.

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