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George Henry Morley, First Registar of the University

Bernard Munns (1869–1942)

University of Birmingham

George Henry Morley, First Registar of the University

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Half-length portrait, the sitter faces the viewer and is seated at a table, with ink bottle and pen beside him. Morley was the first registrar of Birmingham University in 1924.

Bernard Munns was a Birmingham-born portrait painter who, although he exhibited in London and Paris, spent most of his working life painting in and around Birmingham. His father, Henry Turner Munns had also been a painter.

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Title

George Henry Morley, First Registar of the University

Date

1924

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 113 x W 90.2 cm

Accession number

A0001

Acquisition method

commissioned by the University of Birmingham, 1924

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed

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Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT England

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Bernard Munns

1869–1942

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