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Very little is known about the circumstances of this commission. A likely connection is that Professor de Sélincourt, a Wordsworth specialist, was in touch with artists in the Lake District, where Fred Yates was a founding member of the Lake Artists’ Society in 1904. Yates painted many important figures at the turn of the century including Charlotte Mason (the innovative educator who developed the concept of a liberal education for all) Henry Wood (the conductor and founder of the Promenade Concerts) and Woodrow Wilson (28th President of the United States). Yates was born in 1854 in Southampton and later moved to Liverpool. He traveled to America in 1881 where he became a professional artist. He had two periods of study in Paris with the history painter Joseph Florentin Bonatt and Adolph William Bouguereau, known for his classical mythological paintings and religious subjects.
Ernest de Sélincourt was educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford. He became Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham in 1908. He became Vice Principal of the University in 1931, serving until 1935. He is best known as an editor of William and Dorothy Wordsworth's poetry. He was Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1928 to 1933 and a Fellow of University College, Oxford. His Papers are held in the University of Birmingham Special Collections. The painting was restored in 2003 with financial support from the Honourable C. C. Morris, eldest grandson of Professor de Sélincourt and other members of the family.
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
Title
Ernest de Sélincourt (1870–1943), Professor of English
Date
1907
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 62.2 x W 49.5 cm
Accession number
A0449
Acquisition method
gift from the sitter
Work type
Painting
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT England
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