FDA-E.1850-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1850-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
The Reverend Cyril Argentine Alington
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
Accompanying poem (now in file):
'The Headmaster.
How shall my feeble muse essay
To battle with so vast a theme
As the tremendous C.A.A.-
A cockboat with a quinquireme.
Remote, robust, a genial king,
You sway a tiny kingdom here,
Yet levy, like the subtle Inge,
Rich tribute from a wider sphere-
A massive form, a supple brain,
Bold to concieve and swift to act,
A mind capacious to contain
The Churchman's zeal, the Statesman's tact.
Great gifts! Yet, more than all, this makes
My muse, Sir, wary of competing:
She knows that in rhyming stakes
You'ld give her furlongs-and a beating.'
'The Headmaster.
How shall my feeble muse essay
To battle with so vast a theme
As the tremendous C.A.A.-
A cockboat with a quinquireme.
Remote, robust, a genial king,
You sway a tiny kingdom here,
Yet levy, like the subtle Inge,
Rich tribute from a wider sphere-
A massive form, a supple brain,
Bold to concieve and swift to act,
A mind capacious to contain
The Churchman's zeal, the Statesman's tact.
Great gifts! Yet, more than all, this makes
My muse, Sir, wary of competing:
She knows that in rhyming stakes
You'ld give her furlongs-and a beating.'
Other number
010
Description
Content (person)
Alington, Cyril, 1872 - 1955 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 244mm
width (actual size): 191mm
width (actual size): 191mm
Inscription
Lettered 'The Reverend Cyril Argentine Alington / Head MAster 1917-1933'
Signed within print 'John R. Merton 1930'
Signed within print 'John R. Merton 1930'
Materials & techniques note
Printed on paper, stuck to board
Production
Person
Merton, John Ralph, 1913 - 2011 (Artist)
Date
1930
History and association
Object history note
'When he was a boy at Eton J. R. Merton was asked by Penrose Tennyson, a contemporary and friend, who was the Editor of the ephemeral The Burning Bush, to produce portraits of Eton Characters for reproduction in the magazine.
These characters included Sir Henry Marten, M.R. James, C.A. ALington, 'Solomon', 'Fusee', George Pape and Oliver Rowland...
...When the drawings were reproduced in The Burning Bush included was a rhyme, appropriate to the subject, written by Penrose Tennyson's father...'
(See file for full accompanying information).
These characters included Sir Henry Marten, M.R. James, C.A. ALington, 'Solomon', 'Fusee', George Pape and Oliver Rowland...
...When the drawings were reproduced in The Burning Bush included was a rhyme, appropriate to the subject, written by Penrose Tennyson's father...'
(See file for full accompanying information).
