- Title:
- Full-length portrait of King William IV in naval uniform
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Uniform: Admiral of the Fleet's full dress uniform. In 10" ornate gilt gesso frame. It was William IV who granted the University of London its first charter (1836).
- Dimension:
- 320 x 224 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Gift: Donation Jan. 1938 by 7th Earl of Beauchamp, Chancellor of the University of London 1929-1931. Beauchamp resigned as Chancellor in a hurry at the same time as he resigned all other public offices, after his brother-in-law the Duke of Westminster exposed him for having homosexual tastes.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0146
- Object production person:
- Morton, Andrew (after)
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1802-1845
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc86462a-6f6c-3859-a9a2-233c4593a784
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc86462a-6f6c-3859-a9a2-233c4593a784, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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