- Title:
- George Grote
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- George Grote (1794-1871), banker, Member of Parliament, and historian of Greece, was a member of the University of London Senate from 1850 and Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1862-1871. He had formerly helped to found University College London. Upon his death, Grote bequeathed his library of an estimated 5,000 volumes, published from 1504 onwards, to the University, where they are held in Senate House Library. Portrait monogrammed and dated. In gilt gesso frame.
- Conservation note:
- Repaired by Mary Bustin Conservation (bad blooming), 2022
- Dimension:
- 126 x 99 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Rec. 1872. "Dr Storrar presented to the University Portrait of its late Vice-Chancellor, painted by Millais in the last year of Mr Grote's life, at the instance of the Committee of the University of London Portrait Fund, of which Committee Dr Storrar is the Chairman." Sen. Min. 98, 15th May 1872.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0155
- Object production date:
- 1871
- Object production person:
- Millais, John Everett, Sir
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1829-1896
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 162; M.L. Clarke, George Grote (1961), facing p. 160.
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c06e20ee-56fb-3b13-9e92-ef5f4eae22e3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c06e20ee-56fb-3b13-9e92-ef5f4eae22e3, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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