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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

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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