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- Alexander Pope
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Portrait after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). The poet Pope (1688-1744) is also represented in the University of London by first editions of some single poems, including The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad, and by other early editions in Senate House Library.
- Conservation note:
- conserved by Painting Conservation Studio, 2016 (see conservation report)
- Dimension:
- 74 x 62 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Sir Louis Sterling (1951, from Christies, 29 June 1951). Previously: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1918; from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15-25 July 1918.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0131
- Object production date:
- 18th cent.
- Object production person:
- English school, 18th century
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1700-1800
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Senate House Lib.
- User's reference:
- D. Piper, 'The Chesterfield House Library Portraits', in R. Wellek and A. Ribeiro (ed.), Evidence in Literary Scholarship (Oxford, 1979)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/63bfa625-797a-334c-83aa-eed6fba1cdbe
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/63bfa625-797a-334c-83aa-eed6fba1cdbe, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- This portrait of the "father of English literature" (d. 1400) complements editions of Chaucer's works in Senate House Library, including the edition of The Canterbury Tales printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1492 and several facsimiles of the Ellesmere manuscript.
- Conservation note:
- conserved by Painting Conservation Studio, 2016 (see conservation report)
- Dimension:
- 74 x 62 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Sir Louis Sterling (1951, from Christies, 29 June 1951). Previously: Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax (sale 1739/40); Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1918; from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15-25 July 1918.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0105
- Object production date:
- 18th cent.
- Object production person:
- 18th century English school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1700-1800
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Senate House Lib.
- User's reference:
- D. Piper, 'The Chesterfield House Library Portraits', in R. Wellek and A. Ribeiro (ed.), Evidence in Literary Scholarship (Oxford, 1979)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c09e4014-1a01-3aee-ad0c-0984076626d0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c09e4014-1a01-3aee-ad0c-0984076626d0, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- William Congreve
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Portrait after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). The portrait of playwright William Congreve (1670-1729) is complemented by works by and about him in Senate House Library, including first editions of The Double Dealer (1694) and The Way of the World (1700).
- Conservation note:
- conserved by Painting Conservation Studio, 2016 (see conservation report)
- Dimension:
- 74 x 62 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Sir Louis Sterling (1951, from Christies, 29 June 1951). Previously: Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax (sale 1739/40); Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1918; from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15-25 July 1918.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0127
- Object production date:
- 18th cent.
- Object production person:
- 18th century English school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1700-1800
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Senate House Lib.
- User's reference:
- D. Piper, 'The Chesterfield House Library Portraits', in R. Wellek and A. Ribeiro (ed.), Evidence in Literary Scholarship (Oxford, 1979)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6b5f8463-eb64-3744-8291-3f3df50e96a1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6b5f8463-eb64-3744-8291-3f3df50e96a1, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Sun shining over grasses
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 54 x 41 cm
- Material:
- oil on paper
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0084
- Object production person:
- Powell, E.
- Person's association:
- Artist
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22804267-c048-3879-b740-3dc39245bc2d
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22804267-c048-3879-b740-3dc39245bc2d, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Senate House from University Gardens
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed and dated 1939. Mounted, framed and glazed. Fletcher specialised in architectural studies of London and other places. His collations of sketches Changing London (1924) and Bombed London (1947) are held in the Special Collections of the University of London.
- Dimension:
- 54 x 46 cm
- Material:
- pen, ink and pencil on paper
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Given to Lady Deller by Senate House administrative staff, 1939. Presented to the university by Mrs P. Deller, daughter-in-law of sir Edwin Deller, 1978
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PD-0074
- Object production date:
- 1939
- Object production person:
- Fletcher, Hanslip
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1874-1955
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/72adc49b-56bf-3f6d-aef0-1a9de198722f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/72adc49b-56bf-3f6d-aef0-1a9de198722f, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- An Etruscan column krater
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0014
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ec9ec5b-d424-3b00-b99c-9a0fb8c50a45
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ec9ec5b-d424-3b00-b99c-9a0fb8c50a45, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A luristan bronze pin
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 17.75 cm
- Material:
- bronze
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0012
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85f75ff5-d8a0-3aeb-8051-ed098b85cfee
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85f75ff5-d8a0-3aeb-8051-ed098b85cfee, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Portrait of Sir Joshua Girling Fitch
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- An external student and graduate of the University of London, Fitch (1824-1903) was a member of the University of London senate from 1875 and an examiner for the University. He supported education for women. He was Chairman of the Charity Organisation Society 1898-9, whose library came to the University of London. Thirty publications by him are held in the Senate House Library special collections. Signed portrait. In gilt gesso frame.
- Conservation note:
- frame repaied by AlexanderFrames, 2022
- Dimension:
- 101 x 75 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0077
- Object production date:
- 1890 (ca)
- Object production person:
- King, Ethel Slade (married name Gascoyne)
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1862-1941
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7676d410-0a4b-34d1-95f1-395de8991c0c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7676d410-0a4b-34d1-95f1-395de8991c0c, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The Roman fountain, Portugal
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed lower right. Framed. Cora Gordon trained at the Slade Institute, University College London. She and her husband also wrote and illustrated travel books together; their London Roundabout (1933) is held in the Special Collections of Senate House Library.
- Dimension:
- 75 x 59 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Presented to Connaught Hall by the artist.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0219
- Object production person:
- Gordon, Cora
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1879-1950
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Connaught Hall
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9c8f19cd-0eb4-3dcf-99f7-e0f65abd13bc
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9c8f19cd-0eb4-3dcf-99f7-e0f65abd13bc, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Catalan colour
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed lower right. Framed. Title on back of frame. Cora Gordon trained at the Slade Institute, University College London. She and her husband also wrote and illustrated travel books together; their London Roundabout (1933) is held in the Special Collections of Senate House Library.
- Dimension:
- 59 x 72 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Presented to Connaught Hall by the artist.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0220
- Object production person:
- Gordon, Cora
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1879-1950
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Connaught Hall
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1a343008-5fad-3e4e-9822-335cae09606c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1a343008-5fad-3e4e-9822-335cae09606c, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- bust portrait of Charles Holden
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Architect Charles Holden (1875-1960) had been involved in designing the building for the King's Collge of Household and Social Science before he designed the Senate House building of the University, his greatest work. He stated famously of Senate House: "I have designed it to last five hundred years". Portrait signed and dated. On green marble plinth.
- Dimension:
- 30 cm high
- Material:
- bronze
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0004
- Object production date:
- 1955
- Object production person:
- Tarling
- Person's association:
- Artist
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5317a37c-3abc-3225-82db-a746bd1bba92
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5317a37c-3abc-3225-82db-a746bd1bba92, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- An Egyptian seated stone baboon
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 11.25 cm
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0005
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2fcc4b09-7f23-3aca-9857-5988e79241b0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2fcc4b09-7f23-3aca-9857-5988e79241b0, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Thomas Otway
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- This is the only known original portraits of the playwright and poet Thomas Otway (1652-1685) to exist. Copies of his works and critical discussion of them are held in Senate House Library, with a first edition of his Friendship in Fashion (1678).
- Conservation note:
- conserved by Painting Conservation Studio, 2016 (see conservation report)
- Dimension:
- 74 x 62 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Sir Louis Sterling (1951, from Christies, 29 June 1951). Previously: Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax (sale 1739/40); Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1918; from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15-25 July 1918.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0124
- Object production date:
- 18th cent.
- Object production person:
- Riley, John (att.)
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1646-1691
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Senate House Lib.
- User's reference:
- D. Piper, 'The Chesterfield House Library Portraits', in R. Wellek and A. Ribeiro (ed.), Evidence in Literary Scholarship (Oxford, 1979)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b7fa0472-40fc-3747-a1d8-8d9c5dc9ca00
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b7fa0472-40fc-3747-a1d8-8d9c5dc9ca00, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Jonathan Swift
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Portrait after Charles Jervas (ca. 1675-1739; Irish). The portrait complements first editions of several of the satirist Swift's (1667-1745) works in Senate House Library, as well as a presentation copy to Swift of Pope's Letters of Mr Alexander Pope (1737), in which Pope addresses Swift as "my dear friend".
- Conservation note:
- conserved by students at Courtauld Institute, ca 2014 (see conservation report)
- Dimension:
- 74 x 62 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Sir Louis Sterling (1951, from Christies, 29 June 1951). Previously: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1918; from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15-25 July 1918.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0126
- Object production date:
- 18th cent. (ca 1718?)
- Object production person:
- 18th century English school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1700-1800
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- Senate House Lib.
- User's reference:
- D. Piper, 'The Chesterfield House Library Portraits', in R. Wellek and A. Ribeiro (ed.), Evidence in Literary Scholarship (Oxford, 1979)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d6343995-db49-36dc-bb4f-80b1a23e00bf
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d6343995-db49-36dc-bb4f-80b1a23e00bf, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Commonwealth Family Tree
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- A pair
- Dimension:
- 190 x 150 cm
- Material:
- oil on board
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0054
- Object production person:
- 20th century modern school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-2000
- Responsible department/section:
- ICOMM
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/332484bb-836a-30b7-888c-3cc2f1e95b1b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/332484bb-836a-30b7-888c-3cc2f1e95b1b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A selection of 14 pottery sherds
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0030
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eaff1781-6122-38cf-9a1b-15098c2e6d19
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eaff1781-6122-38cf-9a1b-15098c2e6d19, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Still life with terracotta vases
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 70 x 44 cm
- Material:
- gouache
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0086
- Object production person:
- 20th century English school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-2000
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eccfcd4e-0d97-380a-9033-ca0a1ab2f78f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eccfcd4e-0d97-380a-9033-ca0a1ab2f78f, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Koha stone 'totem' sculpture with green inset top
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0016
- Object production date:
- 20th cent.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6e183bc1-e264-328c-a9c8-87ff9f7cc00b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6e183bc1-e264-328c-a9c8-87ff9f7cc00b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Boeotian pappades figure
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 19.5 cm
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0007
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7a13ce4-020e-37d2-b93e-9e1a784a84cc
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7a13ce4-020e-37d2-b93e-9e1a784a84cc, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Mycaenean stirrup vessel
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 15.2 cm
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0003
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f3a37e2b-b8ae-329c-ae17-fb6c89e1cc56
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f3a37e2b-b8ae-329c-ae17-fb6c89e1cc56, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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