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31. BLWA 104

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 104
Title:
Gates on Euston Road. Artist(s): Kindersley, David (1915-95)
Scope & Content:
Gates on Euston Road. Artist(s): Kindersley, David (1915-95)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1993
Extent:
1 Item

32. BLWA 112

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 112
Title:
Mister Punch
Scope & Content:
Mister Punch
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

33. BLWA 117

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 117
Title:
Plaster maquette of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
Pencil marks on the maquette were made by the artist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1992-1995
Extent:
1 Item

34. BLWA 118

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 118
Title:
Small bronze replica of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). . Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
Small bronze replica of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). . Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
1 Item

35. BLWA 123

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 123
Title:
Witness. Artist(s): Gormley, Antony (b. 1950)
Scope & Content:
Cast iron sculpture of an empty chair, a symbol used by English PEN for the last 30 years, to represent imprisoned writers around the world. Commissioned by English Pen in 2011 to mark their 90th anniversary. Unveiled on 13 December 2011. English PEN, founded in 1921, exists to emphasize the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

36. BLWA 124

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 124
Title:
Plaster roundel. Artist(s): Chadwick, Lynn (1914-2003)
Scope & Content:
Possibly a maquette for a commission. Diameter: 35.8 cm Depth at outer rim: 2.5 cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

37. BLWA 140

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 140
Title:
Bust of Robert Byron (1905-1941). Artist(s): Gordine, Dora (1895-1991)
Scope & Content:
Bronze bust of Robert Byron by Dora Gordine. Date unknown. The bust was acquired in December 2012. It is connected with the photographic archive of Robert Byron (Photo 1240) which was acquired in December 2011. Both were transferred from the Courtauld Institute. 30.3 cm in height, without st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

38. Foster 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 8
Title:
Britannia being presented with the riches of the East. Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain. Commissioned by the East India Company in 1728 for the Court Room of East India House. Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1694-1770)
Scope & Content:
Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain, 1729-30. Britannia, seated on a globe under a rock by the sea shore is looking towards the east. Her right hand leans on a Union shield and her left holds a trident. She wears a naval crown. Before her stand three female figures; In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1729-1730
Extent:
1 Item

39. Foster 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 33
Title:
Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Equestrian statuette. Artist(s): D'Orsay, Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel (1801-1852) and Nicholson, Thomas Henry (d. 1870)
Scope & Content:
Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Made c.1845 Equestrian statuette. Bareheaded in uniform. Bronze; 19 ins (48 cms) high Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded D’Orsay wrote to Henry Bulwer, March 1845, saying ‘I have just made a statuette of the Duke of Wellington on h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 Item

40. Foster 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 53
Title:
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Plassey (1725-74). Governor of Bengal. Full-length figure, bareheaded, in Roman costume but wearing the badge of the Order of the Bath on a ribbon round his neck. Artist(s): Scheemakers, Peter (1691-1781)
Scope & Content:
Robert Clive, lst Baron Plassey (1725-74). Governor of Bengal. Made 1764 Full-length figure, bareheaded, in Roman costume but wearing the badge of the Order of the Bath on a ribbon round his neck. He holds a short sword in his right hand. At his feet a shield with the device of Medusa’s hea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1764
Extent:
1 Item