Half-length portrait on a much reduced scale; Abbott is turned to the right; he wears a white cravat and black coat; the background is grey; framed in an oval. Marked on back "Anna Tonelli" "Fece in Londra 1794" and "Charles Abbot 1st Lord Colchester". Charles Abbot 1st Lord Colchester would have been in his 40s at the time of painting so it is likely that either the artist or sitter is mis-attributed.
Tonelli, Anna, 1763-1846
Pencil and gouache on paper, an oval portrait; Abbot as Scholar in the Second Election; he faces towards the left, wearing a blue suit.
Downman, John, 1750-1824
Royal Pardon for the King's Scholars
Issued for the King's Scholars involved in manslaughter in 1679. Black and red ink on vellum; bearing the Royal Seal
Schools Class' Locomotive Headboard and Number Plaque
Headboard Plaque: 115cm wide; Number Plaque: 55cm wide
The Busby Library by G.R. Sarjent
Watercolour painting of the Busby Library. Pencil and watercolour on paper, resembles the Busby Library today, except that the ceiling and presses are now replicas of these, and the presses lack the metal bars; a scholar stands in the middle of the room and another sits in the corner, Busby's chair is in the middle of the room; desks line the walls. Glazed with glass Previously referenced as P0001/72
Sarjent, George Reid, c.1788-1855
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire (Levinson 350); Silkscreen print in colours, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered 71 of an edition of 150.
Piper, John Egerton Christmas, 1903-1992