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- Pompilia: a full-length figure cast in deep relief with figures in shallow relief behind, under a sunburst arch, with inscription, in hardstone surround
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Pompilia is the victim of uxoricide for supposed adultery in Robert Browning's narrative poem The Ring and the Book (1868-9), the first edition of which is held at Senate House Library. Downing is connected with the University of London, having studied at the Slade School (1892-3). Sculpture exhibited by the artist at the Royal Academy in 1899, no. 1895.
- Dimension:
- 210 x 141 cm
- Material:
- stone
- Normal location:
- College Hall
- Object history note:
- Given to College Hall by the artists's sisters, ca 1932-1934, in memory of her work for women. -- Alice M. Copping, The Story of College Hall (1974)
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0019
- Object production date:
- 1899 (ca)
- Object production person:
- Downing, Edith
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1857-1931
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- Welsh
- Responsible department/section:
- College Hall
- User's reference:
- Alice M. Copping, The Story of College Hall (1974)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9104ad70-f266-336e-bd66-005a518faf22
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9104ad70-f266-336e-bd66-005a518faf22, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The Destruction of Palmyra
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Tripytch; each panel 142 x 122 cm. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 142 x 366 cm
- Material:
- ink on paper
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object history note:
- Donation from the artist to the Warburg Institute, 2022.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PD-0236
- Object production date:
- 2017
- Object production person:
- Petherbridge, Deanna
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1939-
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- South African
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f4ece127-cef8-3586-8562-5f8194ade917
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f4ece127-cef8-3586-8562-5f8194ade917, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Tavistock Square
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Connaught Hall, a residential halls of the University of London, is among the buildings lining the Square. Picture signed and dated. Framed.
- Dimension:
- 92 x 117 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Connaught Hall
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0140
- Object production date:
- 1983
- Object production person:
- Wheatley, John Laviers
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1892-1955
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Welsh
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f717975b-8725-388d-9c61-609376e09805
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f717975b-8725-388d-9c61-609376e09805, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Christ on the Mount of Olives
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- From the Large Passion. Framed and glazed. B. 6; M. Holl. 115; S.M.S. 156.
- Dimension:
- 38 x 28 cm
- Material:
- woodcut
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0206
- Object production person:
- Dürer, Albrecht
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1471-1528
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- German
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bfa2c836-2704-3451-bcf6-e1b027131b6f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bfa2c836-2704-3451-bcf6-e1b027131b6f, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Titus Manlius Torquatus; from the ' Heroes of War '
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Printed by F. Estius. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 36.5 x 24 cm
- Material:
- engraving
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PN-0164
- Object production date:
- 1585 (ca)
- Object production person:
- Goltzius, Hendrik
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1558-1617
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Dutch
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/32be503b-1471-36ec-b378-33c94c2a3270
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/32be503b-1471-36ec-b378-33c94c2a3270, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Diogenes carrying his lantern in search of an honest man
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- after Salvator Rosa (1615-1673).
- Dimension:
- 41 x 31 cm
- Material:
- engraving
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PN-0170
- Object production date:
- 1792
- Object production person:
- Sharp, William
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1749-1824
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/352c7e99-48ec-3092-b605-7ffbc09790f2
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/352c7e99-48ec-3092-b605-7ffbc09790f2, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The fight between Ulysses and Irus, after Cornelius van Haarlem
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 41.5 x 32 cm
- Material:
- engraving
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PN-0190
- Object production date:
- 1589 (ca)
- Object production person:
- Muller, Jan Harmensz.
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1571-1628
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Dutch
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e15b1bd5-5a1e-3064-bc80-8e9c5efb67f3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e15b1bd5-5a1e-3064-bc80-8e9c5efb67f3, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A view of the City of Rome
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Published: Rome. On 2 sheets joined together. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 100 x 68 cm
- Material:
- etching and engraving
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0176
- Object production date:
- 1765 (ca)
- Object production person:
- Vasi, Giuseppi
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1710-1782
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Italian
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fc720e44-09d3-3bf2-9d59-062aa5c77478
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fc720e44-09d3-3bf2-9d59-062aa5c77478, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Three-quarter length portrait of Lord Macmillan
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (1873-1952) was the first Chairman of the University of London Court, 1929-1943; the portrait shows him in the Chairman's robes. He was a tireless fund-raiser for the Bloomsbury Site. In 1931 the University awarded him an honorary doctorate. 'One of the great Scottish lawyers who shaped the University of London' - N. Harte. In gilt gesso frame
- Conservation note:
- torn; repaired by Mary Bustin Conservation Studio, 2022
- Dimension:
- 124 x 97 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Commissioned by the University, 1943.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0041
- Object production date:
- 1943
- Object production person:
- Taylor, Leonard Campbell
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1874-1969
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 255; J. Balchin, Ewhurst Places and People (2006); J. Balchin, Ewhurst 1910-1960 (2020 or 2021)
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcb02c03-cc29-37e1-8a22-079f1986b78b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcb02c03-cc29-37e1-8a22-079f1986b78b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Study of Sir Douglas William Logan
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Logan (1910-1987) was clerk of the Court of the University of London, 1944-1948, then Principal of the University, 1948-1975. He saw to the acquisition or construction of seven university halls of residence and the purchase of an extensive site in Bloomsbury on which to build other new university buildings. He chaired the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1962-3, virtually authored the Universities Superannuation Scheme, took a leading part in providing social and athletic facilities for students on a university basis, and safeguarded the efficiency of the London hospital medical schools. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 38 x 29 cm
- Material:
- pencil drawing
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PD-0018
- Object production person:
- Noakes, Michael
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1933-2018
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 329
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/64f2222d-d928-3eed-932d-91f7db313c8b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/64f2222d-d928-3eed-932d-91f7db313c8b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Brain on Fire
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- artist is also a lawyer. UoL alumna (International Programmes): did UoL LLB through Royal Institute in Sri Lanka. She is mental health advocate. Thin green wooden frame selected by the artist.
- Dimension:
- 94 x 94 cm
- Material:
- Acrylic on Canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- donated by the artist, 2024. "I would like to gift it to the University of London as a token of gratitude and hope it would be kept in a place where it would not only inspire generations of students/people but also serve as a memento that mental health issues can be managed and overcome and also are like any other illness that needs to be kept in check. - email from artist to Mary Stiasny, 16 Sept. 2024
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0239
- Object production date:
- 2022
- Object production person:
- Jayawardene, Dinusha T.
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- (C20-21; alive 2024)
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- Sri Lanka
- Responsible department/section:
- UoL
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9a8035a4-5f53-362b-90bb-66c5e19397d5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9a8035a4-5f53-362b-90bb-66c5e19397d5, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Portrait head of Aby Warburg
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The German historian of Renaissance art and civilisation Aby Warburg (1866-1928) developed a library in Hamburg which grew into a research institute before being transferred to London in 1933 as the Warburg Institute. Head on hardstone cylindrical plinth (excluded from dimensions)
- Dimension:
- 27 cm high
- Material:
- bronze (patinated)
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0022
- Object production date:
- 1915 (ca)
- Object production person:
- Warburg, Mary
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1908-2009
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- American
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d09ca4af-d315-31ee-a013-b6c77873192b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d09ca4af-d315-31ee-a013-b6c77873192b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Cambridge
- Object name(s):
- negative; negative
- Brief description:
- A glass photographic negative entitled 'King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at Cambridge', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in March 1904. The photograph is subtitled 'The Vice-Chancellor (Dr Chase) reading an address to them in Senate House '. The King was at the University to open a library on Downing Street.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- negative - photographic
- Associated concept:
- digital positive from celluloid negative
- Associated concept:
- photograph
- Associated concept:
- Photography
- Associated concept:
- Photography collection
- Credit line:
- National Media Museum, Bradford
- Material:
- glass
- Object name:
- negative; negative
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1904
- Date - latest:
- 1904
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1904
- Date - latest:
- 1904
- Object production person:
- Adams, Edgar Tarry (1852-1926)
- Object production place:
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1997-5003/547
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- NSMM - Photographs
- Right holder:
- National Science and Media Museum
- Right type:
- Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f8d5ccb5-8116-3eea-82f9-0c3603126ae2
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f8d5ccb5-8116-3eea-82f9-0c3603126ae2, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Title:
- HRH the Princess Royal (Princess Anne), full length, seated, wearing academic robes
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Chancellor of the University of London since 1981. Portrait signed lower left. In moulded gilt gesso frame. Chen Yan Ning moved from China to USA in 1986 and is now an American citizen. His sitters include the Nobel Peace prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Richard Branson, and all the Body Shop family. His portrait of the Queen was subsequently used by Royal Mail for the Jubilee Year stamp.
- Dimension:
- 166 x 105 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Appears to be a commission by the University of London. Council Min. 12, 13 Dec. 2000; see also Council Min. 184, 28 June 2000.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0014
- Object production person:
- Chen Yan Ning
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1945-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Chinese
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/69042df0-0875-3384-b716-7eebeab90e4e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/69042df0-0875-3384-b716-7eebeab90e4e, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Fowling and fishing scenes, east wall of the tomb of Chnemotap [i.e. Khnumhotep II), Beni hasan (12th dynasty)
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed with initials; dated 1902. Framed and glazed. Formerly described as: "Egyptian frieze with figures and hieroglyphics surrounding the entrance to a tomb" and as "Fishing and hunting scene". See Lepsius, Abth. II, Bl. 130. The artist, Reginald Rye, was the second and the longest-serving Librarian of the University of London (1906-1944).
- Dimension:
- 37 x 66 cm
- Material:
- pen and watercolour
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Reginald Arthur Rye; given by his widow as a memorial (offer 1946; rec. 1948. See LC min. 242, 13 May 1948)
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PW-0068
- Object production date:
- 1902
- Object production person:
- Rye, Reginald Arthur
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1876-1945
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e8c0064a-bae9-3565-9a1f-63afd57a85b1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e8c0064a-bae9-3565-9a1f-63afd57a85b1, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Professor Barry Rider, standing by an open doorway
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Prof. Rider served as Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1995-2004. Signed portrait, framed.
- Dimension:
- 92 x 71 cm
- Material:
- oil on board
- Normal location:
- IALS
- Object history note:
- Commissioned (purchase)
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0134
- Object production person:
- Adams, Alastair
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1969-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- IALS
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/20d8b478-be42-395b-9814-c92a751ff4c0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/20d8b478-be42-395b-9814-c92a751ff4c0, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- University Library and Senate House
- Object name(s):
- drawing; drawing
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 1901-12
- Acquisition method:
- given
- Acquisition source:
- James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 87
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 118
- Object component name:
- Support
- Object component information:
- paper
- Object name:
- drawing; drawing
- Object number:
- 4181.8
- Object production person:
- Mason, W.
- Person's association:
- draughtsman
- Other number:
- 4181.8
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 22752
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number type:
- uri
- Responsible department/section:
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Style:
- British
- Technique:
- watercolour
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/524861f1-e1f4-33b7-a528-70b98288bd8b
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/524861f1-e1f4-33b7-a528-70b98288bd8b, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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- Title:
- Portrait of Michael Screech
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Prof. Rev. Michael Screech (1926-2018) was a regular user of the Warburg Institute during his time as Reader, then Professor, of Early Modern French literature at University College London (1961-1984). His portrait complements 200 early modern books in the arts deposited in the Warburg Library in 2018.
- Material:
- pencil and watercolour
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object history note:
- Deposited on permanent loan in the Warburg Institute, 2018.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PW-0228
- Object production person:
- Reynaud, Marc
- Person's association:
- Artist
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8704684b-4e3a-32f4-ad90-8a297362279e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8704684b-4e3a-32f4-ad90-8a297362279e, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Roman Stele weathered
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Rectangular form. Dedicatory Inscription to the front: 'D.M./L.PLOTIOAE GN/ ATIO.ILCIT/L./POOTIVS/FILIO/DVLCISSIMO/Q.VIX.ANN/XI.D.X'. Amphora in high relief to one side, an offering phiale on the other. Top with beribboned garland.
- Conservation note:
- weathered
- Dimension:
- 49 x 26 x 14 cm
- Material:
- marble
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0040
- Object production date:
- 200 AD (ca)
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1860d4b9-cca1-3de2-8ac2-8141fa5901c6
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Roman carved marble Stele
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Rectangular form. Front panel with dedicatory inscription, 'D M S/ACONIAE. PRIS/CILLIAE.V.A.VII.M.II/DVIT'FLAVIVS/RISCVS.ET.A.CO/NIA.TVENDA.PARENTES.FILIAE/SORORI'. Side panel with inscription reading: 'D.M./C.ACONIO/TVENDO/PATRIEI', Top with scroll ends and scrolling foliate front panel.
- Dimension:
- 50 x 32 x 26 cm
- Material:
- marble
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0039
- Object production date:
- 200 AD (ca)
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2819446f-0b0e-3c72-ae31-98fd099e07b1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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