Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence (1837–1914)

Image credit: Senate House, University of London

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Best known as an energetic advocate for the belief that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays, Durning-Lawrence amassed the books in the Durning-Lawrence Library at the University of London. These include the first four folios of Shakespeare and are the Library's first major literary special collection. The portrait is in a gilt gesso frame.

Senate House, University of London

London

Title

Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence (1837–1914)

Date

1870–1914

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 113 x W 83 cm

Accession number

PO-0104

Acquisition method

gifted by Theodora Durning-Lawrence, 1931; from the possession of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence; received with rest of Durning-Lawrence furniture

Work type

Painting

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Malet St Bloomsbury , London, Greater London WC1E 7HU England

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