FDA-Sc.68-2017
Parts
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.'
'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 18648 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.'
[The Halsdon Papers of William Johnson (Afterwards Cory)', Etoniana, No.128, 1973, p.478]
'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 18648 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.'
[The Halsdon Papers of William Johnson (Afterwards Cory)', Etoniana, No.128, 1973, p.478]
Other number
FDA-A.310-2013
Description
Content (person)
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 700mm
width (actual size): 490mm
depth (actual size): 260mm
width (actual size): 490mm
depth (actual size): 260mm
Inscription
Carved name on plinth, 'W. Johnson'
Signed 'Henry Wiles'
Signed 'Henry Wiles'
Material
marble
Production
Person
Wiles, Henry, 1838 - 1930 (Sculptor)
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
