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The Earl of Athlone was Chancellor of the University of London, 1932–1955. His Chancellorship included the University's move from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington to Senate House in Bloomsbury and the difficult period when the University was dispersed during the Second World War. He had already been Governor-General of South Africa, 1923–1931, and during his Chancellorship was Governor-General of Canada, 1940–1946. 'He brought distinction to many University functions, together with his wife, Princess Alice' – N. Harte. The work is in a gilt gesso frame, Louis XV style, by John Tanous. This is the second attempt at the painting: 'After finishing the portrait of the Earl of Athlone, he (John) agreed to show it the following day to the sitter's wife.
Senate House, University of London
London
Title
Alexander Augustus George Cambridge (1874–1957), 1st Earl of Athlone
Date
1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 125 x W 100 cm
Accession number
PO-0151
Acquisition method
commissioned by UoL, 1935; received by the University, 1940 (Sen. Min. 79, 11 Dec. 1940)
Work type
Painting
Signature/marks description
signed
Senate House, University of London
Malet St Bloomsbury , London, Greater London WC1E 7HU England
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