A Quiet North. Artist(s): Smith, Ian McKenzie (b.1936)
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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.
Si on laissait nos traces. Two colour prints. . Artist(s): Nadeau, Luc (1948- )
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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
Homage to Michelangelo. Artist(s): Hockney, David (b.1937)
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From Hockney's Michaelangelo Portfolio. Inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (1917). Signed by David Hockney, 1975, 120/200. Donated to the British Library in 2009 by Klaus Anschel, in memory of his wife, Gertie. Etching and lithograph in Aluminium frame. Ima...
In Horne's House. . Artist(s): Hamilton, Richard (b.1922)
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In Horne's House. 1981-82. An illustration for the 'Oxen in the Sun' episode of James Joyce's Ulysses. 'The high hall of Horne's house had never beheld an assembly so representative and so varied nor had the rafters of that establishment ever listened to a language so encyclopaedic' -James Joy...
Interior of the original King's Library in the British Museum, 1931. Artist(s): Shepherd, F.H.
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On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Framed oil painting on plywood. Presented to the British Museum on 11 February 1964 by Mrs. Gwen Hilton, niece of Sir George Hill KCB Director and Principal Librarian, 1931-36.