The Pest Houses or 'Five Chimnies'
- GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-002/38
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- 1835
The Pest Houses or "Five Chimnies" formerly situated in Douglas Place near Vauxhall Bridge Road'
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The Pest Houses or 'Five Chimnies'
The Pest Houses or "Five Chimnies" formerly situated in Douglas Place near Vauxhall Bridge Road'
William Vincent after William Owen
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.
Hayes, John, 1786-1866
John George Phillimore by an unknown artist
Phillimore has curly black hair and pale skin; he is turned to the right of the picture; he wears a black coat and white open shirt; grey background.
Robert Hobart after Sir William Beechy
Three-quarters length portrait on a much reduced scale. Hobart is seated in a red chair, wearing black, with his hands clasped in his lap; he faces slightly towards the left; to the right is a low table with a number of bundles of papers tied up with red cord or ribbon.
William Camden after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
Half length, wearing a black coat and skull cap Inscribed l.r.: Marcus Gheeraerts pinxit, and inscribed u.l. with the identity of the sitter and his coat of arms. Extensively inscribed in Latin on a tablet beneath.
Reverend James Gow by Andrew Carrick Gow
Half-length portrait of Gow seated, turned left; he wears a red cassock over black academic dress and collar; he sits on a carved chair; his hands rest on a book with the school arms upon it; there is a pilaster on the wall behind him.
Gow, Andrew Carrick, 1848-1920
Mother Grant III by James Warren Childe
Miniature on bone or ivory; half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the right; she wears a white dress and a red wrap; her hair is brown and curly. Inscription on back by Lawrence Tanner: 'This is a member of the Grant family of Westminster School ? 1967'
Childe, James Warren, 1780-1862
Dr. William Carey, attributed to Samuel William Reynolds
Half-length portrait in black academic dress and collar, standing facing the left of the picture, Carey's head is turned so as to be almost full face, a red curtain is draped behind him. Inscribed in 19th Century hand, top left 'Wm Carey D.D. 1803-14'.