X-ray photograph of the hand of William Thomson sickness 'Catching an elephant'

'Catching an elephant'

Figures can be seen in the background harvesting the crop

and becoming a mentor to Alain Prost

'What we Ought to do in China'

X-ray photograph of the hand of William Thomson sickness 'Catching an elephant'X ray image of Lord Kelvin's left hand showing its bones and a faint outline of the soft tissue of his fingers, darkening towards his hand and wrist. A signet ring with an inset stone is visible on the little finger. Signed and dated on the print, below the thumb: 'Kelvin R. S. May 6 96'. Inscribed in pencil verso: 'Taken by A. A. Campbell Swinton at the Royal Society's Soiree held on 6 May 1896.' William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, was President