Council of the College, 1926-27
Object numberRCSSC/P 202
CollectionSpecial collections
CategoryVisual works
Object nameOil paintings, Group portraits
TitleCouncil of the College, 1926-27
DescriptionGroup portrait of the College Council 1926-27, by Moussa Ayoub, signed, 1927-29.
Council members surround a long table, some seated, some standing. From left to right: Sir Percy Sargent, Kennedy Cassels (Assistant to the Secretary), William Thelwell Thomas, John Herbert Fisher, William McAdams Eccles, Robert Pugh Rowlands, Sir Charles Gordon-Watson, Sir Holburt Jacob Waring, George Grey Turner, William Sampson Handley, Sir Anthony Bowlby, Sir Cuthbert Wallace (Vice President), Sibert Forrest Cowell (Secretary), Lord Moynihan (President), Ernest William Hey Groves, Francis James Steward (Vice President), Victor Bonney, Sir D’Arcy power, Sir John Lynn Thomas, Arthur Burgess, Sir James Berry, Hugh Lett, Wilfred Trotter, Charles Herbert Fagg, Sir Frederic Greville Hallett (Director of Examinations), Vincent Warren Low, George Ernest Gask. Background shows the east wall of the old Council Room, with nine portraits hanging on it.
Production date 1927 - 1929
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Physical Location
Location
Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Physical descriptionOil on canvas, 151cm by 212cm. In gilt wooden frame, not glazed, 172cm by 232cm.
The Council of the College 1926-27. Painted by Moussa Ayoub.