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Marble bust of Sir Francis Burdett on a carved stone pedestal, with entwined serpents and four marble panels inset: the Burdett arms; Burdett as a pupil at Westminster School; Adressing the House of Commons; arriving at the Traitors' Gate in a wherry. The bust is signed twice and dated 1854

Three-quarters length portrait of Lacy as a Queen's Scholar; he is standing near a window, wearing a gown, a mortar board is beside him. In the background through a window can be seen the Hawksmoor Towers of the Abbey as they would appear from Victoria Street.

Head and shoulders; he wears black academic dress and collar and has curly grey hair; he faces to the left of the picture, and holds a book in his right hand. Inscribed top-left with the identity of the sitter.

The portrait (of which very few engravings exist) shows him standing with his head thrust forward belligerently and holding in one hand the strap with which he used to belabour junior boys who interrupted him in his work. It was a time-honoured joke to send unsuspecting new boys to provoke his wrath, and in his other hand is a piece of paper on which can just be discerned the words: Please give the bearer two measures of strap-oil. [Source: The Elizabethan December 1965 p386]. Three-quarter length, wearing a brown coat and a red tie Signed l.l.: Hayes pinxit

Three-quarters length portrait of Liddell seated, turned to the right; he wears black academic dress and collar; in his right hand he holds a mortar board. The background is reddish brown.

Half-length seated portrait; he wears academic dress, collar and bands; one hand is shown; the painting has become very dark. Signed c.l. J. Harewood pinxt/1844

Half-length portrait of Vincent turned to the left; he is seated; he wears a black silk cassock; a medallion hangs from a red ribbon round his neck [badge of the Order of the Bath]. Inscribed: 'Wm. Vincent D.D. 1788-1802).

Half-length portrait, wearing a brown overcoat over a black waistcoat , and a white shirt; he is full face, to the left is a view of the Burlington Arch with a scholar standing by it, beyond blue sky and a part of a tree. Subject is College John, possibly one of the Lloyd family.

Marble bust; head and shoulders; his head is turned slightly to the left; wears classical dress.

Half-length portrait of Wingfield, wearing academic dress and collar; he also wears a fine wig. Bears signature c.l.: John Constable/Pinx. 1818 and later inscribed upper left with the identity of the sitter.