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Harold Athelstane Parry Sawyer (1865–1939), Honorary Fellow

© the artist's estate. Image credit: The Queen's College, University of Oxford

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Harold Sawyer was educated at Queen's. Headmaster of St Bees School, 1903–1916; Headmaster of Shrewsbury School, 1916–1932, Canon of Carlisle, Honorary Fellow, Queen's, 1932, and Fellow and Chaplain of Corpus Christi College, Oxford from 1933. The Shrewsbury School arms are in the painting upper right. The artist was the son of Briton Rivière and studied at the Royal Academy Schools and specialised in portraits.

The Queen's College, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

Harold Athelstane Parry Sawyer (1865–1939), Honorary Fellow

Date

1932

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74.5 x W 61.6 cm

Accession number

94

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs C. V. Sawyer, 1955

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated upper left. Shield of Shrewsbury School upper right

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