Was this really Henry B Eyring’s dad?

[Christianlee]

The resemblance is amazing.

[larsenb]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

Henry Eyring was an amazing, talented man. Those in the know insist that the Nobel Committee made a grave mistake in overlooking him for Nobel Prize for his work with chemical reaction-rate theory.

[silverado]

He was Grant Wood's (the artist) dentist Dr.Byron McKeeby.

[Pazooka]

More like his son:

[JuneBug12000]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

Henry Eyring was an amazing, talented man. Those in the know insist that the Nobel Committee made a grave mistake in overlooking him for Nobel Prize for his work with chemical reaction-rate theory.

Why did you assume this was an insult and not an observation, or even compliment?

[Momma J]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

Henry Eyring was an amazing, talented man. Those in the know insist that the Nobel Committee made a grave mistake in overlooking him for Nobel Prize for his work with chemical reaction-rate theory.

Why did you assume this was an insult and not an observation, or even compliment?

My thoughts as well. Even if more than a physical comparison, which is how I observed the OP's presumed intent. ... He was not compared with a villain.

Perhaps Larsenb would not have taken offense if the subject portrayal was more jovial? Funny for you.... I often glance back at this painting and expect to see the couple cracking a smile.

[Magus]

Fun fact - the house in the background is an actual house in the middle of nowhere in Iowa.

I found it one day while driving around randomly with my wife and kids through the country. Totally stumbled upon it. There's a visitors center and a little historic/informational site, the house is still standing.

It was surreal. I felt like I had stumbled into the painting.

[larsenb]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

Henry Eyring was an amazing, talented man. Those in the know insist that the Nobel Committee made a grave mistake in overlooking him for Nobel Prize for his work with chemical reaction-rate theory.

Why did you assume this was an insult and not an observation, or even compliment?

Just my take on the original picture. American gothic. Not too flattering to the two individuals, real subjects or not.

[larsenb]

Fun fact - the house in the background is an actual house in the middle of nowhere in Iowa.

I found it one day while driving around randomly with my wife and kids through the country. Totally stumbled upon it. There's a visitors center and a little historic/informational site, the house is still standing.

It was surreal. I felt like I had stumbled into the painting.

In fact, my son and his family lives out in the semi-country outside Grand Rapids.

[Wolfwoman]

The resemblance is amazing.

Nope, his dad was a scientist, not a farmer. He might have done a little bit of farming though. I remember Elder Eyring telling the story of working on the church farm and his dad pulled a bunch of weeds that had just been sprayed and were going to die anyway, unbeknownst to him at the time.

[Christianlee]

I just thought the resemblance between Henry B. Eyring and this painting was amazing. Grant Wood was not trying to be insulting with his painting. He was a regionalist who thought the painting reflected an Iowa farmer and his wife.

[larsenb]

I just thought the resemblance between Henry B. Eyring and this painting was amazing. Grant Wood was not trying to be insulting with his painting. He was a regionalist who thought the painting reflected an Iowa farmer and his wife.

It is an amazing resemblance. Can't deny it.

[Wolfwoman]

I just thought the resemblance between Henry B. Eyring and this painting was amazing. Grant Wood was not trying to be insulting with his painting. He was a regionalist who thought the painting reflected an Iowa farmer and his wife.

A farmer and his daughter actually.

[tribrac]

Henry B Eyrings wife died recently. I was struck by how much she looked like him.

I have seen it in other married couples where they start to share characteristics, but I think the Eyrings were the closest I've ever noticed.

[Arm Chair Quarterback]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

Henry Eyring was an amazing, talented man. Those in the know insist that the Nobel Committee made a grave mistake in overlooking him for Nobel Prize for his work with chemical reaction-rate theory.

Phenomenal chemist and person. But that doesn’t change the fact that his son Henry b Eyring looks exactly like this portrait

[Arm Chair Quarterback]

If we can’t laugh at ourselves then we are in trouble.

[Wolfwoman]

Henry B Eyrings wife died recently. I was struck by how much she looked like him.

I have seen it in other married couples where they start to share characteristics, but I think the Eyrings were the closest I've ever noticed.

Really, I never heard that! I heard about Patricia Holland dying, but not sister Eyring.

[tribrac]

https://www.ksl.com/article/50753246/ka ... -at-age-82

Don't know how to link the photo

[Silver Pie]

The resemblance is amazing.

I've noticed that in the past.

[Silver Pie]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

I didn't take it as a dig. That is a very famous painting. And the resemblance is uncanny. I think it would be cool if I had a doppleganger in a famous painting.

[Silver Pie]

https://www.ksl.com/article/50753246/ka ... -at-age-82

Don't know how to link the photo

Right click the image and click on "open image in new tab." Copy the link/url. Above the message box, there are a bunch of icons. Click the one that looks like a picture of a mountain. Insert the link.
Like this, but without the spaces:
[ img ]https://img.ksl.com/slc/2952/295215/295 ... e_story_lg[ /img ]

The picture must not have been very large, it kind of pixelates (falls apart), and I don't see a way to make it smaller.

[Wolfwoman]

https://www.ksl.com/article/50753246/ka ... -at-age-82

Don't know how to link the photo

Right click the image and click on "open image in new tab." Copy the link/url. Above the message box, there are a bunch of icons. Click the one that looks like a picture of a mountain. Insert the link.
Like this, but without the spaces:
[ img ]https://img.ksl.com/slc/2952/295215/295 ... e_story_lg[ /img ]

The picture must not have been very large, it kind of pixelates (falls apart), and I don't see a way to make it smaller.

Oh they do look a lot alike in that photo!
I saw her once in person when Elder Eyring came to speak at our stake conference. They are both pretty thin, and have that oblong shaped face. Her hairline and forehead sort of match his bald head a little bit. Funny!

RIP Sister Eyring. I’m sure she was probably a wonderful person.

[larsenb]

The resemblance is amazing.

Not very nice.

I didn't take it as a dig. That is a very famous painting. And the resemblance is uncanny. I think it would be cool if I had a doppleganger in a famous painting.

Keep searching. It may be out there somewhere. For me, I'm rather dismayed every time I see a photograph of myself.