Team Leader Ian Wilmut in his laboratory at The Roslin Institute
About this artwork
The Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh is a major international centre for research on the molecular and quantitative genetics of farm animals. This photograph is part of a series of four images which show the key members of the team that created Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. Tracking the main stages of the cloning process, this photograph shows John Bracken and Douglas McGavin carrying out an ultrasound on a sheep. They would have monitored Dolly’s development in such a way during her mother’s pregnancy. As part of this commission McMurdo wanted to explore each person’s individual contribution to an event of great significance.
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artist:Wendy McMurdo (born 1962) Scottish
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title:Team Leader Ian Wilmut in his laboratory at The Roslin Institute
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date created:2002
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materials:Colour photograph (laserchrome)
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measurements:115.00 x 115.00 cm
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credit line:Commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2002
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accession number:PGP 299.2
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Wendy McMurdo
Wendy McMurdo
Wendy McMurdo was born in Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in the ways in which technology influences early learning, and has worked with children in schools. In recent years digital processing has allowed photographers...
