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Sir Peter Scott (1909–1989), Chancellor (1973–1983)

Clifton Ernest Pugh (1924–1990)

University of Birmingham

Sir Peter Scott (1909–1989), Chancellor (1973–1983)

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Three-quarter-length standing portrait, the subject facing the spectator directly, with a lake with ducks at Scott's wildlife estate at Slimbridge in the background. He is wearing Chancellor's robes, and holds a mortar board in his hands. Sir Peter Scott was a noted ornithologist, artist and sportsman. He was the son of the Antarctic explorer and British Royal Naval Officer, Sir Robert Falcon Scott, and after beginning to read Natural Sciences, he graduated in the History of Art from Trinity College in Camridge in 1931. He became a household name between the 1950s and 1980s with his BBC TV series 'Look'. He was Chancellor of the University of Birmingham between 1973 and 1983.

The artist, Clifton Pugh, was an Australian artist and a devoted environmentalist.

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Title

Sir Peter Scott (1909–1989), Chancellor (1973–1983)

Date

1976

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 119.4 x W 90.2 cm

Accession number

A0018

Acquisition method

commissioned by the University of Birmingham, 1976

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated 1976

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Clifton Ernest Pugh

1924–1990

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