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- bust portrait of Augustus George Cambridge, first Earl of Athlone
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) was Chancellor of the University of London 1932-1955, his Chancellorship including the University's move from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington to Senate House in Bloomsbury and the difficult period when the University was dispersed during the Second World War. He had already been Governor-General of South Africa, 1923-1931, and during his Chancellorship was Governor-General of Canada, 1940-1946. "He brought distinction to many University functions, together with his wife, Princess Alice" -- N. Harte. On teak plinth
- Dimension:
- 39 cm high
- Material:
- bronze (patinated)
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0005
- Object production person:
- Kisfaludi Strobl, Zsigmond
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1884-1975
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Hungarian
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d2acfb9f-0642-34c3-b964-9d7c279b1b2c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Bust of William Shaen
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The radical and lawyer William Shaen (1820-1887) read Classics at University College London, graduating in 1840. He was the University of London's first clerk of Convocation, a post he held for ten years before joinng the University's Senate in 1880. He was a leading proponent of university education for women, both in London, where he helped to establish the London School of Medicine for Women and Bedford College, and in the ancient universities. Bust signed and dated. On black marble plinth.
- Dimension:
- 65 cm high
- Material:
- marble
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0010
- Object production date:
- 1861
- Object production person:
- Woolner, Thomas
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1825-1892
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2cbf2619-b988-3c5f-a067-4a107619627c
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- Title:
- Half-length portrait of Henry Brougham
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), campaigned as a Member of Parliament for educational reform. He was the prime instigator behind the establishment of University College London (1828) and was a member of the Senate of the University of London from 1836 onwards. Unsigned portrait. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 124 x 99 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift to UoL from Lord Macmillan, Sir Robert Witt and H.R. Eason, 1937
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0152
- Object production person:
- Gambardella, Spiridione
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1812-1898
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- British (b. Italy)
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 75
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2cb763cc-5628-3116-9681-4bcd88f3b2d0
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- Title:
- Second Print
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered 33/52 in pencil. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 63.5 x 49 cm
- Material:
- colour etching
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 from the Waddington Gallery, £70 with "First Print", and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PE-0036
- Object production date:
- 1973
- Object production person:
- Cohen, Bernard
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1933-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8969f326-d9fd-3135-92d7-3012af6e3b27
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- Title:
- Jug (1974)
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed and numbered 25/70 in pencil to lower right. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 65.1 x 54.6 cm
- Material:
- screenprint
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 from the Waddington Gallery, £180 with 'Jar', and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PR-0038
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Object production person:
- Caulfield, Patrick
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1936-2005
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fe1c9751-26cc-3c5f-8b6d-a83af4eb3aab
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Vertical excavation
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Painted
- Dimension:
- 165 x 98 x 30 cm
- Material:
- aluminium
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by Council for National Academic Awards in 1990 to replace a work originally purchased the by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0015
- Object production date:
- 1983
- Object production person:
- Hall, Nigel
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1943-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c8150ee3-d482-30da-8df3-f35233c7e519
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c8150ee3-d482-30da-8df3-f35233c7e519, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Half-length portrait of Edward Adolphus St Maur, 11th duke of Somerset, wearing robes and chain of a Knight of the Garter
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Also known as Edward Adolphus Seymour, 1775-1855. He devoted himself to mathematics and science, and served on the University Senate. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 77 x 65 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- rec. before 1936: file note 12 Dec. 1968
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0012
- Object production person:
- early 19th-century English school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1800-1850
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- Photograph in University Archive, SV/2/1/6
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ee79db00-e024-38cb-8f5a-5d04643f5ce9
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- Title:
- Full-length portrait of Sir William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington, seated, wearing academic robes
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- William Cavendish, Lord Burlington, was the University of London's first Chancellor, remaining in office 1836-1856. He was then a member of the Senate until his death, serving for an unrivalled period of 55 years overall. Portrait in 6" heavy gilt gesso frame
- Dimension:
- 268 x 178 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0147
- Object production person:
- Tweedie, William Menzies
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1828-1878
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Scottish
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 95
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f2a652a6-1244-3726-80b5-c9c674f727f4
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Best known as an energetic advocate for the belief that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays, Durning-Lawrence (187-1914) amassed the books in the Durning-Lawrence Library at the University of London. These include the first four folios of Shakespeare and are the Library's first major literary special collection. Signed portrait in gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 113 x 83 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift, Theodora Durning-Lawrence (1931), from the possession of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence. Received with rest of Durning-Lawrence furniture.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0104
- Object production date:
- ?early 20th cent.
- Object production person:
- Emslie, Alfred Edward
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1848-1918
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/64d0f031-24cc-3c0c-9278-a67e2e0389a5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- First Print
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed, dated 1973 and numbered 24/52 in pencil. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 63.5 x 49 cm
- Material:
- colour etching
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 from the Waddington Gallery, £70 with "Second Print", and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PE-0035
- Object production date:
- 1973
- Object production person:
- Cohen, Bernard
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1933-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ebffb84b-c717-39b4-bf4e-c470551a0804
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- Title:
- Great funeral procession of royal scribe at Thebes
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The artist, Reginald Rye, was the second and the longest-serving Librarian of the University of London (1906-1944).
- Dimension:
- 19 x 51 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-0069
- 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/a89ee6fa-1c73-394f-924d-d0113a6cb306
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- Title:
- Jar (1974)
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Signed and numbered 25/70 in pencil to lower right. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 65.1 x 54.6 cm
- Material:
- screenprint
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 from the Waddington Gallery, £180 with 'Jug', and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PR-0037
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Object production person:
- Caulfield, Patrick
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1936-2005
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/60466862-0301-3078-9399-5a0e04809021
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- Title:
- Sir John William Lubbock
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Lubbock (1803-1865) was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 1836-1842, and was actively involved in shaping the University. He was subsequently a member of the Senate until he died. A treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society, he wrote several astronomical pamphlets, copies of which he gave to Augustus De Morgan and which, through De Morgan, entered the University Library as part of its founding collection. Portrait signed and dated. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 89 x 69 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Purchase at auction for the University of London, 1952. In the possession of the Lubbock family at their home, High Elms, Farnborough, from the time it was painted until the auction.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0153
- Object production date:
- 1843
- Object production person:
- Phillips, Thomas
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1770-1845
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 96
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58ac9bf2-6638-3c72-bff0-51f8e164fd8c
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- Title:
- Apollo
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Dimension:
- 46 x 29 cm
- Material:
- engraving
- Normal location:
- Warburg Institute
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PN-0171
- Object production date:
- 17th cent
- Object production person:
- 17th-cent Italian school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1600-1700
- Person's nationality:
- Italian
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/45c53169-a553-3cf5-9ca8-166472a073bb
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- Title:
- Portrait of Sir Edward Henry Busk
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Busk (1844-1926), a City solicitor, was the University of London's longest-serving Chairman of Convocation (1892-1922). Within this period he also served as Vice-Chancellor, 1905-1907, the only person ever to combine the two offices.
- Dimension:
- 46 x 36 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- May 1925 (report of the Standing Committee, Ordinary General Meeting, 12 May 1925)
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0101
- Object production person:
- Early 20th century British school
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1900-1925
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a7529f1c-4f6d-35f4-9198-de1a9c74e9b3
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- Title:
- Bust of Jeremy Bentham
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Philosopher of jurisprudence Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was associated indirectly with the foundation of University College London in 1826. Although he died before the University of London was founded in 1836, his belief that university education should be available for others apart from wealthy members of the Church of England remained important for the new University. Signed bust. On marble plinth.
- Dimension:
- 60 cm bigh
- Material:
- marble
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0007
- Object production date:
- 1828
- Object production person:
- David D'Angers, Pierre-Jean
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1788-1856
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- French
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/82ea5319-e62e-3b08-b8c1-e723dcf22070
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- Title:
- Half-length portrait of Sir John George Shaw Lefevre
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Shaw Lefevre (1797-1879), a lawyer, senior public servant, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, was a member of the Senate of the University of London when it was formed in 1846. He was the second Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1842-1862, then remained on the Senate until his death. Portrait signed and dated. In gilt gesso frame.
- Dimension:
- 106 x 84 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Rec. 1874. "Dr Storrar presented to the University Portrait of its former Vice-Chancellor, Sir John G. Shaw Lefevre, painted by Laugee, at the instance of the Committee of the University of London Portrait Fund, of which Committee Dr Storrar is the Chairman." Sen. Min. 19, 28 Jan. 1874
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0154
- Object production date:
- 1873
- Object production person:
- Laugée, Désiré François
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1823-1896
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- French
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 127
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50c952d1-2795-3c06-a5e5-31e0b39272af
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- Title:
- A Sicilian terracotta votive female figure
- Object name(s):
- Antiquity
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Probably leaving an offering for Demeter or Persephone, wearing high Polos headdress and himation, her long hair dressed in curls around her forehead, holding sacrificial piglet in her hands, with wood mount.
- Dimension:
- 23 cm
- Material:
- terracotta
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Bequest from Professor Victor Ehrenberg. Records in the Institute of Classical Studies Library show that the terms of the bequest state that the material bequeathed by Ehrenberg should be made available for study to students at King's College and Bedford College as well as students of the Institute, so material can be loaned to these Colleges
- Object name:
- Antiquity
- Object number:
- AN-0002
- Object production date:
- 5th cent. BC (ca)
- Responsible department/section:
- Classical studies
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/edaf6199-e754-3bf9-9bae-05a09487549c
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- Title:
- Simplified Faces I & II ; a pair
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- A pair. Each signed and numbered 7/30 in pencil. Framed and glazed.
- Dimension:
- 58.4 x 54.6 cm
- Material:
- colour lithographs
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- CNAA. Purchased by the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1974 from the Petersburg Press, £744.80 the suite, and presented to the Council for National Academic Awards. Relocated to the University of London in 2010.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PM-0039
- Object production date:
- 1973
- Object production person:
- Hockney, David
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1937-
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- CNAA
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed127672-0656-31e1-b080-bee05eaefa2c
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- Title:
- Sir Henry Alexander Miers
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Miers (1858-1942) was the second Principal of the University of London, 1908-1915. 'Always conciliatory and anxious to extract the best from the views of opposing parties, he held the University together at a time when it was threatening to fall apart' -- ODNB
- Dimension:
- 26.5 x 18.5 cm
- Material:
- pencil drawing
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PD-0015
- Object production person:
- Campbell, Helen McDougall
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1905-1979
- Person's gender:
- F
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 226
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/24d4e7ea-d85d-3174-b6d5-2b3ae30a6060
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