FDA-Sc.53-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.53-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Eugen Millington- Drake, K.C.M.G.
Description
Bust of a man on a wooden plinth
Comments
Metal I.D. label on plinth
The sitter was a pupil at Eton College, in Hugh Macnaghten's house, from 1901 to 1908.
He is the donor of the Managhten War Memorial Library at Eton.
He served as:
Secretary of the British Legation Buenaos Aires 1915-1919
British Minister and Special Ambassador, at Montevideo 1934-1941
Chief representative of British Council in Spanish America, 1941-1946
The sitter was a pupil at Eton College, in Hugh Macnaghten's house, from 1901 to 1908.
He is the donor of the Managhten War Memorial Library at Eton.
He served as:
Secretary of the British Legation Buenaos Aires 1915-1919
British Minister and Special Ambassador, at Montevideo 1934-1941
Chief representative of British Council in Spanish America, 1941-1946
Other number
FDA-A.155-2010
Description
Content (person)
Millington-Drake, Eugen, 1889 - 1972 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 450mm
width (actual size): 350mm
depth (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 350mm
depth (actual size): 250mm
Inscription
Signed and date lower right: 'J ZORILLA de SM 1938'
Metal I.D. label on plinth
Metal I.D. label on plinth
Material
bronze
Materials & techniques note
On wooden plint
Production
Person
Date
1938
History and association
Associated object
ECL-O.22-2013 (associated object)
Object history note
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1947, catalogue number 1158
