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Description: | inscr. on the base panel: "IN MEMORY OF / THE RIGHT HON FRANCIS RICHARD STANFORD KCB PC LLD / SON OF SIR DANIEL K STANFORD DC I PROFESSOR OF GREEK 1821-1838 / SNELL EXHIBITIONER 1842 / SEC' TO THE EDUCATION DEPT 1870-1884 UNDER SEC' FOR SCOTLAND 1885-88 / CREATED BARON STANFORD OF STANFORD 1891 / BORN IN THE OLF COLLEGE MAY 14TH 1824; DIED LONDON DECEMBER 31ST 1893" CRE SCOTT, John Oldrid (Scottish; 1841-1913) This is a head and shoulder portrait in three-quarter profile in a circular recess decorated with polychrome mosaic. The surrounding tablet is in the early Italian renaissance style. It was commissioned by the University to hang at the head of the south staircase leading to Randolph Hall. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCULPTURE : PORTRAIT : PROFESSOR : MEMORIAL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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