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81. Foster 437

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 437
Title:
Queen Victoria (1819-1901; reigned 1837-1901). Bust, head turned slightly to the right. Crowned with earrings, patterned dress and Star of the Garter on her left breast. Artist(s): Noble, Matthew (1818-1876)
Scope & Content:
Queen Victoria (1819-1901; reigned 1837-1901). Made 1856. Bust, head turned slightly to the right. Crowned with earrings, patterned dress and Star of the Garter on her left breast. Plaster: 25 ins (63.5 cms) high Inscribed: ‘Victoria’ Presented by Sir George Birdwood, c.1876 Model for the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

82. Foster 525

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 525
Title:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of Fort William, 1773-83. Life-size figure. Artist(s): Flaxman, John (1755-1826)
Scope & Content:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of Fort William, 1773-85. Made 1823. Hastings stands bareheaded, dressed in civilian costume. The head is bald, save for a fringe of hair at the sides and back; the face looks straight to the front. The left arm crosses the breast and touches the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
1 Item

83. Foster 572

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 572
Title:
Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Bust in military costume, the breast covered with orders and decorations. Artist(s): Turnerelli, Peter (1774-1839)
Scope & Content:
Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington (1769-1952), 1813 Bust in military costume, the breast covered with orders and decorations. The face is turned slightly to the right Marble; 29 ins (78.5 cms) high Commissioned by the East India Company, c.1813 Engraved: By Henry Cook (1813) from a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:
1 Item

84. Foster 573

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 573
Title:
Sir George Pocock (1706-92), Admiral 1757-59. Full-length figure, bareheaded, in Roman costume. Artist(s): Scheemakers, Peter (1691-1781)
Scope & Content:
Sir George Pocock (1706-92), Admiral 1757-59. Made 1764. Full-length figure, bareheaded, in Roman costume. From under his cloak the badge of the Order of the Bath. His left hand rests upon his hip; the right is placed upon a model of a galley, supported by a short pedestal ornamented with na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1764
Extent:
1 Item

85. Foster 619

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 619
Title:
Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel (1866-1921). Bust. Artist(s): Colton, William Robert (1867-1921)
Scope & Content:
Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel (1866-1921). 1915. Bronze. 24 ins (61 cms) high Inscribed: ‘W Robert Colton A.R.A. A.D. 1915'‘ Monogram ‘GRK’ Bequeathed by Sir G.E. Roos, January 1929 After serving in the 3rd Burma War (1885-86), Roos-Keppel spent the rest of his career on the N.W. Frontier....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 Item

86. Foster 641

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 641
Title:
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron (1811-79), Governor-General and Viceroy of India, 1864-69. Classical undraped bust. Artist(s): Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:
John Laird Mair Lawrence, lst Baron (1811-79) Governor-General and Viceroy of India, 1864-69. Made 1879. Classical undraped bust Bronze; 25 ins (63.5 cms) high Inscribed on front: ‘Lord Lawrence’ Bequeathed by Col. R.V. Buxton, December 1953 Woolner modelled two busts of Lord Lawrence in 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 Item

87. Foster 659

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 659
Title:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of Fort William, 1773-83. Draped bust, placed on a column. Artist(s): Banks, Thomas (1735-1805)
Scope & Content:
Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of Fort William, 1773-85. Made 1790. Draped bust. Marble 22 ins (56 cms) high, on its own marble column. Inscribed on back: ‘Warren Hastings Esqr. MDCCXC. T. Banks R.A. Sculpt.’ Presented by Lady Murray Anderson, widow of Admiral Sir David Murr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790
Extent:
1 Item

88. Foster 785

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 785
Title:
Gurkha soldier. Life size figure in uniform holding a rifle with the butt on the ground. Artist(s): Goulden, Richard Reginald (1877-1932)
Scope & Content:
Gurkha soldier. Life size figure in uniform holding a rifle with the butt on the ground. c.1929. Plaster, painted bronze colour; 80 ins (203 cms) high Presented by Mrs. Goulden, 1933 Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1927 (1422) Original figure for the Gurkha Brigade memorials at Gorakhpur and Deh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1929
Extent:
1 Item

89. Foster 827

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 827
Title:
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826). Bust. Artist(s): Chantrey, Francis Legatt (1781-1841), after
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826). Made 1817 A replica (27 ins (68.5 cms) high) commissioned by the India Office Library from the plaster bust in the possession of Mr. J.R.F. Drake, descendant of Marianne Flint, sister of Sir Thomas Raffles, 11 November 1970. The original plaster was ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1817
Extent:
1 Item

90. Foster 829

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 829
Title:
Sir Henry Lawrence (1806-57). Draped bust. Artist(s): Campbell, Thomas (1790-1858), after
Scope & Content:
Sir Henry Lawrence (1806-57). Made c.1849 Draped bust. Plaster, 12 ins (30.5 cms) high. Inscribed: ‘W T Hale. 65 Edgware Road, London’ Deposited on permanent loan by the late Lady Alice Stokes in memory of her husband Sir Hopetoun Gabriel Stokes (I.C.S. 1896-1935), 10 July 1976. Lady Alic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1849
Extent:
1 Item