FDA-E.1852-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1852-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Montague Rhodes James
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
'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 FDA file for full accompanying information).
Accompanying poem (now in file):
'The Provost.
Serenely from his tower of learned leisure,
He smiles upon our strifes and follies here.
This sage whose friendship generations treasure,
This friend whose learning continents revere.
An equal sympathy for bright or brainless,
An equal courtesy to great or small,
Caring for pleasure, glory, ease or gain less
Than for those few things which are worth them all.
Boy, whatsoe'er your aspect or condition,
Whatever your capacities or aims,
You cannot nurse a worthier ambition
Than in x years, to be like Monty James.'
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 FDA file for full accompanying information).
Accompanying poem (now in file):
'The Provost.
Serenely from his tower of learned leisure,
He smiles upon our strifes and follies here.
This sage whose friendship generations treasure,
This friend whose learning continents revere.
An equal sympathy for bright or brainless,
An equal courtesy to great or small,
Caring for pleasure, glory, ease or gain less
Than for those few things which are worth them all.
Boy, whatsoe'er your aspect or condition,
Whatever your capacities or aims,
You cannot nurse a worthier ambition
Than in x years, to be like Monty James.'
Other number
008
Description
Content (person)
James, Montague Rhodes, 1862 - 1936 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 245mm
width (actual size): 190mm
width (actual size): 190mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Montague Rhodes James / Provost 1918-1936'
Materials & techniques note
Printed on paper, stuck to board
Production
Person
Merton, John Ralph, 1913 - 2011 (Artist)
Date
1930
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.1492-2016 (associated object)
