Swedish chemist. Director of the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry, Stockholm. Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903. Pristine, rare and desirable original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photograph, by A. Tonason of Goteborg. This is a superb portrait of the noted chemist, three-quarter length, seated and holding a cane. He is dressed in a three-piece suit, staring at the camera. Neatly signed in the upper left corner, 'Svante Arrhenius, 1903." On the reverse, Arrhenius has written “To Sir William and Lady Tilden, in kind remembrance of the agreeable days at The Oaks, May 1914.” In fine condition. R&R COA.
