- 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
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2cbf2619-b988-3c5f-a067-4a107619627c, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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