- Title:
- Three-quarter length portrait of Lord Macmillan
- Object name(s):
- Picture
- Collection:
- Senate House Library
- Comments:
- Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (1873-1952) was the first Chairman of the University of London Court, 1929-1943; the portrait shows him in the Chairman's robes. He was a tireless fund-raiser for the Bloomsbury Site. In 1931 the University awarded him an honorary doctorate. 'One of the great Scottish lawyers who shaped the University of London' - N. Harte. In gilt gesso frame
- Conservation note:
- torn; repaired by Mary Bustin Conservation Studio, 2022
- Dimension:
- 124 x 97 cm
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Normal location:
- Senate House
- Object history note:
- Commissioned by the University, 1943.
- Object name:
- Picture
- Object number:
- PO-0041
- Object production date:
- 1943
- Object production person:
- Taylor, Leonard Campbell
- Person's association:
- Artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1874-1969
- Person's gender:
- M
- Person's nationality:
- English
- Text:
- N. Harte, The University of London 1836-1986, fig. 255; J. Balchin, Ewhurst Places and People (2006); J. Balchin, Ewhurst 1910-1960 (2020 or 2021)
- Text reason:
- Online catalogue
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcb02c03-cc29-37e1-8a22-079f1986b78b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcb02c03-cc29-37e1-8a22-079f1986b78b, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC
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