Concert, Westminster Abbey by Barbara Robinson
- GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-012/28
- Item
- 1993
Robinson, Barbara, 1928-
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Concert, Westminster Abbey by Barbara Robinson
Robinson, Barbara, 1928-
End of Term in College Dormitory
One copy annotated on reverse by R.S. Chalk, as follows:
'This picture would have been ‘posed’ by John Brown. As Under Election John he would have had to clear up the mess after Term, together with the long-suffering ‘Nymphs’ (as the two College charwomen were termed).
I do not recall any such (rather senseless) ragging at the end of any of my 12 Terms in College (in any case, at the end of Play Term Under Elections, depicted here, were accommodated up Saignes).
There was however one annual event on the last Saturday night of each Election Term, as an aftermath of the feast which followed Declams. This was Conveniences Race, a knock-out in which the Juniors competed in pairs, as a part of gaining their ‘freedom’. It consisted of a hurdle-race over towel-horses the length of Dormitory, out to Conveniences (Night Japs), to touch the door-handle there (a good bit of rough play took place here) and so back, cheered by occupants of one’s Room. Competitors wore pyjamas, and (an innovation I remember in 1924) top hats with white ties round the crowns.'
Reverend Benjamin Fuller James by a member of the English School
Head and shoulders; he is turned to the left; he wears a black academic dress.
Schools Class' Locomotive Headboard and Number Plaque
Headboard Plaque: 115cm wide; Number Plaque: 55cm wide
The Unknown Warrior was chosen for Westminster Abbey in 1920, from four unknown warriors who fought for Britain during the First World War, and who died in four different battle areas. In the summer of 2017 the artist spent time in the four locations (the Aisne, the Somme, Arras and Ypres), making studies of the landscapes as they are now. This oil painting is one of a series of four stemming from these visits. This painting has been made across four separate canvases, one for each unknown warrior and each canvas is the same size as a Commonwealth War Grave (2 ft 6 in. in height and 1 ft 3 in. in width).
Woodman, John
School from the South by R. Monier-Williams
Up School from the south end; the chairs are set out as for prayers; the shell is absent; the bust of Busby now on the Grand Staircase is at the far end; there is a desk and chair on the left of the foreground.
Monier-Williams, Randall Herbert, 1891-1984
Clarke, Chris
Liddell's Arch by Gerald Edwin Tucker (b. 1932)
Looking north, includes the former Bursary building where Singleton's now stands.
Tucker, Gerald Edwin, 1932-
Spaull, L.C.