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BLWA 7
- Record Id:
- 032-003264385
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264385
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000342
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110041978.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- BLWA 7
- Title:
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Replica bust of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (1755-1846). Artist(s): Comolli, G.B. (1775-1830), after
- Scope & Content:
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Thomas Grenville was a politician, diplomat and bibliophile from an elite landowning family. As a younger son, he did not succeed to the family estates and most of his income came from public service.
Grenville was the First Lord of the Admiralty within the government led by his younger brother, Lord Grenville, which among its reforming Acts passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Despite this new law, slavery remained legal in British colonies until 1833 (and in some British-controlled territories until 1843) and the imperial elite continued to profit from the labour of enslaved people.
Grenville was a trustee of the British Museum and a strong supporter of Anthony Panizzi, the Italian political refugee who was to transform the library of the British Museum. Grenville collected around 20,000 titles over his lifetime, including a Shakespeare First Folio. He later left these to the British Museum in recognition of the financial benefit that he had derived from his public appointments.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- BLWA Collection
British Library Works of Art - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264385", "parent" : "#", "text" : "BLWA 7: Replica bust of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (1755-1846). Artist(s): Comolli, G.B. (1775-1830), after" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264385
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264385
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100110041978.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- -9999
- End Date:
- -9999
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Currently on permanent display in the British Library's front entrance hall
- Source of Acquisition:
- Facsimile given by the Trustees of the British Museum.
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)