- GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-002/36
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- 2010
Signed and inscribed in latin to the border of the oval flush base
Spender, Matthew, 1945-
Signed and inscribed in latin to the border of the oval flush base
Spender, Matthew, 1945-
Digitally generated image of Robert Hooke. This was the winning entry of the 'Portraying Robert Hooke' competition run by the Library of the Royal Society in 2003 to mark the tercentenary of Robert Hooke's death. The prize was donated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. One of an edition of six.
Heyden, Guy
Portrait of John Locke after Godfrey Kneller
Sir Edward Wortley Montagu by Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas (1675-1739)
Jervas, Charles, 1675-1739
Portrait of Eight Queen's Scholars by Lucy Li
The first eight female Queen's Scholars, depicted in front of the doorway to College.
Li, Lucy, 1999-
Pelham sits on the left to the front of the composition. He is depicted with dark blue-grey eyes and heavy eyebrows nearly concealing a wart above his right eye. His long grey wig falling in front of his left shoulder and behind his right. He wears his chancellor's gown with gold lace over black coat, with a flocked details, lace cravat and wrist ruffles. Pelham is seated in a plain red chair, draped curtain behind, a letter without writing in his left hand. On the right sits John Roberts, with dark blue-grey eyes and dark brows. He is positioned behind a table draped with a green cloth. Roberts wears a red coat with the top button fastened and lace cuffs; he holds a quill to a page and further papers topped by an inkstand holding a second quill can be seen on the extreme right. Behind Roberts is an archway with sky and trees visible beyond. The composition is lit from the top left.
Shackleton, John, d.1767
Half-length portrait on a much reduced scale, in a roundel in the centre of the picture; he wears Eighteenth Century costume and holds a book, with the inscription
Dyer, John, 1699-1757
Mother Grant III by a member of the English School
Pastel portrait of Mother Grant III displayed in a painted glass oval; the sitter is turned to the right, but is portrayed full face; she wears a white dress.
Sir William Lewis Salisbury-Trelawney by Henry Eldridge
Drawing with gouache on paper; full length wearing a mortar board and gown; unfinished, only the face has been painted
Eldridge, Henry, 1769-1821