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- Sir Louis Sterling
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Sterling (1879-1958), gramophone company manager and industrialist, collected first and fine editions of English literature, which he gave to the University of London in 1956 as the Sterling Library. Further gifts to the University included a trust fund to purchase extra library books, a set of eighteenth-century oil portraits which had formerly belonged to Lord Chesterfield, and a room within Senate House LIbrary. Portrait signed and dated '37. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 100 x 70 cm (ca)
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift: Sterling bequest, subject to life interest by Lady Sterling. Collected by Lib. 1963 at request of Lady Sterling’s son, Mr. G.G. Kent (Lib Com min. 341, 24 Oct. 1963)
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0103
- Object production date:
- 1937
- Object production person:
- Jagger, David
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1891-1958
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2aa540f1-890a-30d8-9a08-00e1fb3c5510
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2aa540f1-890a-30d8-9a08-00e1fb3c5510, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Still life with fruit and a pot plant
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 52 x 39 cm
- Material:
- gouache
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0099
- Object production person:
- 20th century British school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-2000
- Person's nationality:
- British
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/02ecb33a-e0cf-3fcc-a207-6ab9dceec3a4
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/02ecb33a-e0cf-3fcc-a207-6ab9dceec3a4, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Architect's view of the University of London
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Material:
- watercolour
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PW-0085
- Object production date:
- 1935 (ca)
- Object production person:
- English school, 20th century
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-2000
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c50fbfa8-edd1-3e7b-8f0e-3d2315e41dd2
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c50fbfa8-edd1-3e7b-8f0e-3d2315e41dd2, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Portrait of Sir Julian Goldsmid
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Julian Goldsmid (1838-1896) was a member of the University of London Senate and, in 1895-6, Vice-Chancellor. It is he who suggested in 1870 the importance of the University of London having a library and provided £1,000 for classics books, to be spent over ten years. Portrait signed and dated 1896. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 110 x 85 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift: Presented by the 1st Lord Jessel, Son of Sir George Jessel (Vice-Chancellor 19881-1883) and son-in-law of Sir Julian Goldsmid (Senate min. 787)
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0081
- Object production date:
- 1896
- Object production person:
- Baccani, Attilio
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1823 (ca)-1906
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Italian
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3d5bdb02-2e15-3063-a63e-6aa56d43a970
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3d5bdb02-2e15-3063-a63e-6aa56d43a970, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- bronze portrait of Charles Henry Holden in profile
- 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". On wood mount
- Dimension:
- 47.5 x 36 cm
- Material:
- bronze
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0006
- Object production date:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Vincze, Paul
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1907-1994
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Hungarian
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 257
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/54ad4f5d-79c1-353f-91cb-ec529bd45866
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/54ad4f5d-79c1-353f-91cb-ec529bd45866, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- An allegory of salvation, from the 'Weltchronik'
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- As printed in the 'Weltchronik', 1493
- Dimension:
- 11.5 x 15.5 cm
- Material:
- woodcut
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0177
- Object production date:
- 1493
- Object production person:
- Wolgemut, Michael
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1434-1519
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- German
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
- Text:
- From Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum (the Nuremberg Chronicle; Nuremberg: A. Koberger, 1493). Two copies in Senate House Library.
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c32fecf4-187a-3386-aa79-776c3bee79d8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c32fecf4-187a-3386-aa79-776c3bee79d8, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The last Judgement: as printed in 'The Weltchronik'
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 35.5 x 22 cm
- Material:
- woodcut
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0202
- Object production date:
- 1493
- Object production person:
- Wolgemut, Michael
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1434-1519
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- German
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
- Text:
- From Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum (the Nuremberg Chronicle; Nuremberg: A. Koberger, 1493). Two copies in Senate House Library.
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7d6700e9-dfd9-3c9a-adff-84b5248d5a02
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7d6700e9-dfd9-3c9a-adff-84b5248d5a02, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Condemning Witchcraft-Red Skulls
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed and dated.
- Dimension:
- 120 x 180 cm
- Material:
- oil on board
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0056
- Object production date:
- 1968
- Object production person:
- Twins Seven Seven, Prince
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1944-2011
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Nigerian
- Responsible department/section:
- ICOMM
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/996e1336-dd65-3852-a150-b05fe6457ee8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/996e1336-dd65-3852-a150-b05fe6457ee8, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Gandharan grey schist head
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- 2010 note: "not on inventory valued as not ancient"
- Dimension:
- 17.8 cm
- Material:
- terracotta
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0037
- Object production date:
- uncertain
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3a7c3090-88b4-383b-9297-b520991d2693
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3a7c3090-88b4-383b-9297-b520991d2693, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Half-length portrait of William B. Carpenter
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Carpenter (1813-1885) was the second Registrar of the University of London, 1856-1879. He contributed notably to the expansion of science degrees. Previously he studied at University College London and was a professor at University College and at Bedford College. Some of his writings are available at Senate House Library. Signed portrait. In gilt gesso frame. Exhibited at Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887.
- Dimension:
- 125 x 100 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0022
- Object production person:
- Collier, John
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1850-1934
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 126
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de9ff1e3-0ee2-3e06-94c8-3f61bc63a25d
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de9ff1e3-0ee2-3e06-94c8-3f61bc63a25d, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Bust of Augustus de Morgan
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The mathematician and mathematical historian Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) was the first professor of mathematics at University College London, and the youngest professor to be appointed there. As a memorial, the bust complements his collection of some 3,000 mathematical books printed between 1474 and 1870, several annotated, in Senate House Library. Portrait signed and dated. On black marble plinth.
- Dimension:
- 65 cm high
- Material:
- marble
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- commissioned by De Morgan's former pupils shortly after his death.
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0008
- Object production date:
- 1872
- Object production person:
- Woolner, Thomas
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1825-1892
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 145
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b17d5f8-aa3f-393d-b622-e60ed4ccfcf3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b17d5f8-aa3f-393d-b622-e60ed4ccfcf3, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Cineraria No.I
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed lower right. Framed.
- Dimension:
- 84 x 119 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift. Presented to UoL by Dame Lillian Penson, Vice-Chancellor, 1953.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0033
- Object production date:
- 1933
- Object production person:
- Hitchens, Ivon
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1893-1979
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/93f84a85-635e-3b58-a636-e045fd487675
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/93f84a85-635e-3b58-a636-e045fd487675, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Omnium Gatherium I & II
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- A pair. Signed and titled in pencil. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 35 x 50 cm
- Material:
- col. etchings with aquatint
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PE-0051
- Object production person:
- Chukwuogo-Roy, Chinwe
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1952-2012
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- Nigerian
- Responsible department/section:
- ICOMM
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7b45b5a9-8855-360e-a2e1-dde1280d1969
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7b45b5a9-8855-360e-a2e1-dde1280d1969, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- River landscape with a building and a bridge to the background.
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Framed.
- Dimension:
- 35 x 24.5 cm
- Material:
- mixed media
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0223
- Object production person:
- 20th century school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-2000
- Responsible department/section:
- Connaught Hall
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/38ea52ac-7593-33de-9f6b-b3405ad2c304
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/38ea52ac-7593-33de-9f6b-b3405ad2c304, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- vase of unknown origin: plain ware pottery juglet
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Rough bands around the body
- Dimension:
- 7 cm
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0029
- Object production date:
- Roman or later
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b43a469-0ab2-300a-8c92-6ef1507d5127
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b43a469-0ab2-300a-8c92-6ef1507d5127, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Attic red-figured squat lekythos
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Body decorated with swan and stylised plant. Dotted tongue ground line
- Dimension:
- 6.5 cm
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Prof. Victor Ehrenberg
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0024
- Object production date:
- late 5th cent. BC (ca)
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd4cf51f-7edc-3844-a5e3-8eabbd861775
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd4cf51f-7edc-3844-a5e3-8eabbd861775, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The site of the University of London, 1931
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- signed
- Dimension:
- 41 x 61 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0097
- Object production date:
- 1931
- Object production person:
- Vinall, Joseph William Topham
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1873-1953
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8103b53f-332d-35c6-a0e0-35f7feea8f99
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8103b53f-332d-35c6-a0e0-35f7feea8f99, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- A Crucifixion
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed and dated Jan. '59. Framed.
- Dimension:
- 68.5 x 93 cm
- Material:
- oil on masonite
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Former owner: Kym Bonython (1920-2011). Probably sold 1984.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0011
- Object production date:
- 1959
- Object production person:
- Pugh, Clifton Ernest
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1924-1990
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Australian
- Responsible department/section:
- International Hall
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c85d2705-a96c-328e-978a-dafa338daddb
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c85d2705-a96c-328e-978a-dafa338daddb, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The dance of death: as printed in 'The Weltchronik'
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 19 x 22 cm
- Material:
- woodcut
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0199
- Object production date:
- 1493
- Object production person:
- Wolgemut, Michael
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1434-1519
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- German
- Responsible department/section:
- Warburg
- Text:
- From Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum (the Nuremberg Chronicle; Nuremberg: A. Koberger, 1493). Two copies in Senate House Library.
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0d278a43-1157-3c0a-bd0f-7eb2a31ec1a9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0d278a43-1157-3c0a-bd0f-7eb2a31ec1a9, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Queen I & II
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- A pair. Signed and titled in pencil. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 49 x 36 cm
- Material:
- col. etchings with aquatint
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PE-0052
- Object production person:
- Chukwuogo-Roy, Chinwe
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1952-2012
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- Nigerian
- Responsible department/section:
- ICOMM
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a7458898-75ce-3f56-8a15-9d7284354903
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a7458898-75ce-3f56-8a15-9d7284354903, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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