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...
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