- Title:
- Half-length portrait of Jack Jacob, seated
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The outstanding British exponent of civil court procedure during the 20th century, Jacob (1908-2000) established and developed civil procedure as a subject of university study and helped bridge the gap between the academic and professional worlds. He was Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1986-1988. Portrait signed indistinctly and dated '88. Framed. Artist attribution by James Flower, Bonhams.
- Dimension:
- 76 x 64 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- IALS
- Object history note:
- IALS Annual Report 1987-88: "…on 21 June 1988 Lord Woolf, Chairman of the Committee of Management, welcomed some hundred guests to the Institute on the occasion of the hanging of the portraits of Sir Jack Jacob and of Professor Aubrey Diamond…
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0137
- Object production date:
- 1988
- Object production person:
- Cheek, Carl
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1927-2011
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Responsible department/section:
- IALS
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5d0e9d15-b2c9-3daa-aa7b-a31fbdaf4db1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5d0e9d15-b2c9-3daa-aa7b-a31fbdaf4db1, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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