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Description: | Acquisition: gift from Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1891 Description: Three- quarter length, seated to right; bald head with fringe of white hair; white collar and cuffs; black dress; his right hand holds square cap in his lap, his left rests on the arm of his chair; brown background. Painted to commemorate Liddell's retirement as Dean of Christ Church in 1891. Liddell was a classics tutor at Christ Church when Ruskin was an undergraduate, and with P.W. Acland helped him to found the Ruskin School of Drawing. He remained for many years a Curator of the University Galleries. The portrait was moved from the Ashmolean Museum to the Examination Schools in 1983. Undated etching by Herkomer. External Link: Oxford Portraits website | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: by Sir Hubert von Herkomer | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=919... | Go to resource |
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