Images

Portrait of Rosalind Franklin, photograph by Elliott & Fry, 11 June 1946. The work of English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic...

Double helix model of DNA, metal reconstruction by King's College after Francis Crick and James Watson, 1977. The Watson-Crick model of DNA was built by James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004) in 1953. The reconstruction depicted...

DNA molecular model, kit made by Griffin & George, 1986. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all humans. The structure is a double helix, two long strands twisted like a ladder. The structure...

Portrait of James Dewey Watson, 1969. Photographed here is American molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA's structure James Watson (1928-2025). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.

Watson and Crick at Banbury meeting, 1983. A photograph of the co-discoverers of DNA's structure, James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004), posing in front of a double helix model at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Banbury...

"Photograph 51" by Raymond Gosling, 1952. This famous image was taken by Raymond Gosling (1926-2015) while working under Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958). It shows a clear central "X," indicating the helical structure of DNA. Cold Spring...

Portrait of Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970. Depicted here is New Zealand-born biophysicist Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), who worked at King's College in London with English chemist Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958...

Portrait of Francis Harry Compton Crick, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970. Depicted here is English molecular biologist Francis Crick (1916-2004), whose work with American molecular biologist James Watson (1928-2025) led to the discovery...

Photograph of a tree severed by bullets, c. 1900s. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, on 12 May 1864, an oak bore witness to the hellish melee and relentless rifle fire at the "Bloody Angle," a heavily contested stretch of Confederate...

Portrait of a Mughal Woman, painting by Francesco Renaldi, Calcutta, 1787. British artist Francesco Renaldi travelled to India with the backing of the British East India Company in 1786. He produced various portraits from his time in Calcutta...