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141. BLWA 102

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 102
Title:
Portrait of Thomas Grenville. Artist(s): Posselwhite, James (1798-1884)
Scope & Content:
Politician, Trustee of the British Museum and book collector, he bequeathed his library to the British Museum. Gift of Charles Phillimore Esq, January 2005. Has written below image 'Thomas Grenville in his 90th year, 1845'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

142. BLWA 103

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 103
Title:
Model of the British Library. Artist(s): Kandor Modelmakers Ltd
Scope & Content:
Model showing a cross section through the Bristh Library. Displayed at the VI Venice Diennale of Archiecture, 16th September - 14th November 1996.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1990
Extent:
1 Item

143. 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

144. BLWA 105

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 105
Title:
Drawing of the new building from Ossulston Street
Scope & Content:
Drawing of the new building from Ossulston Street
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

145. BLWA 106

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 106
Title:
Portrait of (?) G. K. Chesterton. Artist(s): Gunn, Sir James (1893-1964)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of (?) G. K. Chesterton. Artist(s): Gunn, Sir James (1893-1964)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 Item

146. BLWA 107

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 107
Title:
A Pause on the Landing. Based on a design by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005). Artist(s): Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 Item

147. BLWA 108

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 108
Title:
Round Reading Room. Artist(s): Laubin, Carl (b. 1947)
Scope & Content:
Round Reading Room. Artist(s): Laubin, Carl (b. 1947)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

148. 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

149. 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

150. 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