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Description: | The man in this painting is William Charles Berwick Sayers (1881-1960). He was Croydon's Chief Librarian for over 30 years between 1915 and 1947. This portrait was painted because Sayers was an important and influential figure for librarians. He developed library classification systems and also promoted professional training for librarians. The portrait is by the artist Juliet Pannett. She painted portraits of all sorts of people from royalty and prime ministers to intellectuals and ordinary Britons. Pannett moved to Croydon with her husband in 1949 and turned their garage into a studio. Whilst in Croydon she was a member of the Croydon Art Society. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Rights holder: | Denis Pannett | Subjects: | Art and Design | Temporal: | c. 1950s | Source: | Croydon Museum and Heritage Service | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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