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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, campaigned as a Member of Parliament for educational reform. He was the prime instigator behind the establishment of University College London (1828) and was a member of the Senate of the University of London from 1836 onwards. The work is in a gilt gesso frame.
Senate House, University of London
London
Title
Henry Brougham (1778–1868), Half-Length
Date
1830–1898
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 124 x W 99 cm
Accession number
PO-0152
Acquisition method
gifted to UoL from Lord Macmillan, Sir Robert Witt and H. R. Eason, 1937
Work type
Painting
Signature/marks description
unsigned
Normally on display at
Senate House, University of London
Malet St Bloomsbury , London, Greater London WC1E 7HU England
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Susanna Arethusa Gibson, née Cullum (1814–1885), Society Hostess and Political Activist West Suffolk Heritage Service -
Edward Rushton (1795–1851) Walker Art Gallery -
Henry Brougham (1778–1868), 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor Government Art Collection -
Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), Principal Librarian (1856–1866) British Museum -
James Pownall (1782–1855) Walker Art Gallery -
Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) Collection of the Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -
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