A Pause on the Landing. Based on a design by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005). Artist(s): Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
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In 1993 it was decided to place a tapestry on the landing of the British Library’s Conference Centre. The tapestry’s design was created by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), and was inspired by Laurence Sterne’s 18th Century novel, ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy’. It was made by the maste...
Portrait of Commander L.M.M. Saunders Watson, CBW FSA DLit (Hon), DL. Artist(s): Ward, John (1917-2007)
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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.
A Contemporary Mappa Mundi. Artist(s): McLean, Andrea (b. 1968)
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'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...