Homage to Michelangelo. Artist(s): Hockney, David (b.1937)
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From Hockney's Michaelangelo Portfolio. Inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (1917). Signed by David Hockney, 1975, 120/200. Donated to the British Library in 2009 by Klaus Anschel, in memory of his wife, Gertie. Etching and lithograph in Aluminium frame. Ima...
In Horne's House. . Artist(s): Hamilton, Richard (b.1922)
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In Horne's House. 1981-82. An illustration for the 'Oxen in the Sun' episode of James Joyce's Ulysses. 'The high hall of Horne's house had never beheld an assembly so representative and so varied nor had the rafters of that establishment ever listened to a language so encyclopaedic' -James Joy...
Interior of the original King's Library in the British Museum, 1931. Artist(s): Shepherd, F.H.
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On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Framed oil painting on plywood. Presented to the British Museum on 11 February 1964 by Mrs. Gwen Hilton, niece of Sir George Hill KCB Director and Principal Librarian, 1931-36.
Cast iron sculpture of an empty chair, a symbol used by English PEN for the last 30 years, to represent imprisoned writers around the world. Commissioned by English Pen in 2011 to mark their 90th anniversary. Unveiled on 13 December 2011. English PEN, founded in 1921, exists to emphasize the...
Print based on Page 1, 'Penelope'. . Artist(s): Tilson, Joe (b. 1928)
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Print based on Page 1, 'Penelope’ (BLWA 11). Fourty five squares, each with the word ‘YES’ written inside, arranged in 9 rows of 5. Inscribed on front, ‘Tilson 1970’, ‘Proof’. Inscribed on back, ‘Proof page from: “A-Z fragments of an oneiric alphabet” published by Alistair McAlpine 1969-70 (Ed ...