- Title:
- bust portrait of Augustus George Cambridge, first Earl of Athlone
- Object name(s):
- sculpture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- The Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) was Chancellor of the University of London 1932-1955, his Chancellorship including the University's move from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington to Senate House in Bloomsbury and the difficult period when the University was dispersed during the Second World War. He had already been Governor-General of South Africa, 1923-1931, and during his Chancellorship was Governor-General of Canada, 1940-1946. "He brought distinction to many University functions, together with his wife, Princess Alice" -- N. Harte. On teak plinth
- Dimension:
- 39 cm high
- Material:
- bronze (patinated)
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object name:
- sculpture
- Object number:
- SC-0005
- Object production person:
- Kisfaludi Strobl, Zsigmond
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1884-1975
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- Hungarian
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d2acfb9f-0642-34c3-b964-9d7c279b1b2c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d2acfb9f-0642-34c3-b964-9d7c279b1b2c, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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