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91. BLWA 49

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 49
Title:
Portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Founder, with Edward Harley, of the Harleian Library, one of the foundation collections of the British Museum. . Artist(s): Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723)
Scope & Content:
On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. 149.5 x 122 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-1723
Extent:
1 Item

92. BLWA 50

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 50
Title:
Portrait of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741), Founder, with Robert Harley, of the Harleian Library, one of the foundation collections of the British Museum. . Artist(s): Dahl, Michael (1656-1743)
Scope & Content:
Presented by Mr Carlos Dupré Moseley through the American Trust for the British Library.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1728
Extent:
1 Item

93. BLWA 51

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 51
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Robert Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
Scope & Content:
Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Original bust by Roubiliac ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1990s
Extent:
1 Item

94. BLWA 52

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 52
Title:
Bust of Charles Burney (1757-1817), Classical scholar and collector. . Artist(s): Nollekens, Joseph (1737-1823)
Scope & Content:
Bust of Charles Burney (1757-1817), Classical scholar and collector. Plaster, by Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823). Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

95. BLWA 53

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 53
Title:
Bronze bust of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Playwright and critic. Artist(s): Coplans, J. (1920-2003)
Scope & Content:
Bust of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Playwright and critic. Bronze, by J. Coplans, 1955. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1955
Extent:
1 Item

96. BLWA 54

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 54
Title:
Sir Frederic Madden (1801-1873) . Artist(s): Drummond, William (fl.1830-43)
Scope & Content:
Presented to the British Museum by Mrs. Windham Holley in 1923. On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Oil on canvas. 95 x 80 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

97. BLWA 55

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 55
Title:
Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879). Artist(s): Gambardella, Spiridioni (fl.1842-64)
Scope & Content:
On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. was the principle librarian of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866. Presented by W. Lowes Rushton.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

98. BLWA 56

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 56
Title:
Portrait of John Winter Jones (1805-81). Artist(s): Graves, F.P. (fl.1858-72), after Herrick, William (fl.1852-80)
Scope & Content:
On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Presented by Mrs Nicholson and Miss Ellen Winter Jones in 1891. John Winter Jones was the Principle Librarian of the British Museum between 1866-1878.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891
Extent:
1 Item

99. BLWA 57

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 57
Title:
Portrait of Alfred William Pollard (1859-1944). Artist(s): Brooks, Frank (1854-1937)
Scope & Content:
Provenance: National Central Library
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
1 Item

100. BLWA 58

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 58
Title:
Portrait of Richard Garnett (1835-1906), Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum 1890-99. Artist(s): Collier, John (1850-1934)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Richard Garnett, Keeper of the Department of Printed Books at the British Museum between 1890-1899. The portrait was presented to the sitter by readers and colleagues upon his retirement.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 Item