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Object number

FDA-Sc.68-2017

Object type

Identification

Title

William Johnson (afterwards Cory)

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Sculpted bust showing a male nude.

Comments

'If the tutor was thus concious of the great qualities of the pupil, the pupil was equally conscious of the debt he owed to the tutor. He always spoke of him with affectionate admiration: not long ago - in 1927 - he gave us the bust by Wiles which is in the Memorial Building... The Period of Lord Rosebery's tenure of a Fellowship was marked by generous benefactions to Eton. ...his latest present, the bust of his old tutor, has already been mentioned. All these were evidences of a very true and lively affection for the School.'

[Source: 'The Late Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosebery', The Eton College Chronicle, No. 2095, May 30, 1929, p.653-654]


'...a marble portrait-bust [of William Johnson (afterwards Cory)] by Henry Wiles, executed in 1864 has been rescued by Mr. Patrick Strong from basement storage and now stands in what was once the Myers Museum and is now in process of reconstruction as a Master’s Common Room. So, all in all, Eton is at last doing some belated justice to a long undeservedly forgotten son.'

[Source: The Halsdon Papers of William Johnson (Afterwards Cory)', Etoniana, No.128, 1973, p.478]

Other number

FDA-A.310-2013

Description

Content (person)

Dimensions

height (actual size): 700mm
width (actual size): 490mm
depth (actual size): 260mm

Inscription

Carved name on front of plinth: 'W. JOHNSON'

Signed: 'HENRY WILES'

Material

marble

Production

Person

Date

1864

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929), Prime Minister, in 1927
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