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311. BLWA 109

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 109
Title:
Untitled. Artist(s): Furnival, John (b.1933)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the Circle Press for the British Library.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 Item

312. BLWA 110

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 110
Title:
Portrait of Commander L.M.M. Saunders Watson, CBW FSA DLit (Hon), DL. Artist(s): Ward, John (1917-2007)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Commander L.M.M. Saunders Watson, CBW FSA DLit (Hon), DL Chairman, British Library Board 1990-1993 Chairman, Friends of the British Library 1994-2000 Presented to the British Library in 2006.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
1 Item

313. BLWA 111

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 111
Title:
A Contemporary Mappa Mundi. Artist(s): McLean, Andrea (b. 1968)
Scope & Content:
'This painting was created in Hereford Cathedral in close proximity to the medieval 'Mappa Mundi' when Andrea was artist-in-residence. She explains that she was 'weaving together my experience of time (lent and spring) and place (the cathedral) through colour and pattern. My idea [was] to make...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 Item

314. BLWA 113

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 113
Title:
A Quiet North. Artist(s): Smith, Ian McKenzie (b.1936)
Scope & Content:
Presented to the British Library in memory of J Michael Smethurst CBE, Director General 1986-1995, Deputy Chief Executive 1995-1996, by friends and colleagues.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2008
Extent:
1 Item

315. BLWA 115

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 115
Title:
Si on laissait nos traces. Two colour prints. . Artist(s): Nadeau, Luc (1948- )
Scope & Content:
Two colour prints by Luc Naideau (1948- ). Presented to the British Library from the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec in 2008, along with BLWA 114. One print (BLWA 115a) has been framed (edition 73/125). The other print (BLWA 115b) is unframed (121/125). 102 x 221 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 2005-2007
Extent:
1 Item

316. BLWA 141

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 141
Title:
Hilary Mantel (b. 1952). Artist(s): Lord, Nick (b.1988)
Scope & Content:
Hilary Mantel (b. 1952) is the author of the Booker Award-winning trilogy about Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485-1540): Wolf Hall (2009), Bring Up the Bodies (2012) and The Mirror & the Light (2020). She is the first and only living writer to have a portrait displayed at British Library. Both artist...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2013
Extent:
1 Item

317. Burney Ms 290/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney Ms 290/1
Title:
Detached binding from Burney MS 290
Scope & Content:
An earlier binding for Burney MS 290, of brown calf with gold-tooled scallop shells.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Brown calf binding with gold-tooled scallop shells formerly attached to Burney MS 290 (Pseudo-Augustine, Augustine, Manuale, Retractiones (extract), De beata vita, and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies)

318. Cotton MS Augustus I i 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 4
Title:
Drawing of a gallery intended to be built for King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

319. Cotton MS Augustus I i 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 66
Title:
Plan of the mouth of the River Medway
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

320. Cotton MS Augustus I i 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 70
Title:
Plan of an unidentified town
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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