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Art tour – House

Janet Vaughan

Janet Vaughan Claude Rogers (1907-1979) Date: 1957 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Commissioned About the sitter About the artist Further information Eminent Somervillians – Somerville College Oxford – Page 2

Helen Darbishire

Helen Darbishire William Coldstream Date: 1939 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Commissioned About the sitter About the artist Further information Eminent Somervillians – Somerville College Oxford – Page 5

Margery Fry

Margery Fry Roger Fry Date: 1931 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Commissioned About the sitter About the artist Further information Eminent Somervillians – Somerville College Oxford – Page 5 NPG 3833; Roger Fry – Portrait – National Portrait Gallery

Emily Penrose

Emily Penrose Francis Helps Date: 1922 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Commissioned About the sitter About the artist Further information Eminent Somervillians – Somerville College Oxford – Page 4

Agnes Maitland

Agnes Maitland Herbert James Gunn Date: c.1930 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Katherine Pease, 1937 About the sitter Miss Agnes Maitland,Principal 1889–1906 “…following up grace and culture with efficiency, and transforming with what almost amounted to a genius for administration a Hall of Residence into a fully grown College.” Vera Farnell, A Somervillian Looks Back, (1948), p? About the artist… Read More »Agnes Maitland

Madeline Shaw Lefevre

Madeline Shaw Lefevre George Percy Jacomb-Hood Date: 1890 Medium: Oil on canvas Donor: Unknown About the sitter “[This portrait] was painted for the College on her retirement, by Jacomb-Hood, and was subscribed for by members of the Council and the students who had been at Somerville during her reign. She sat for it three or four times a week, and… Read More »Madeline Shaw Lefevre

First portrait of Louise

First portrait of Louise Jacob Epstein Date: 1932 Medium: Bronze Donor: Unknown About the sitter About the artist Further information

Walk towards the Dining Hall

Turn around (to your right) and walk along the corridor towards the Dining Hall. Pause at the sculpture of a girl on your left.