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Place Directorate UNCLASSIFIED Martin Yardley Executive Director Business Support Floor 12, Civic Centre 4 Much Park Street Coventry CV1 2PY www.coventry.gov.uk Our reference FOI 20123607 Please contact Bernie Robinson [email protected] 2 February 2015 Dear Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) Thank you for requesting information about the Councils assets. The Council received your request on 7 January 2015 and has considered it under the above legislation. You have requested the following information: 1. A copy of the Local Authority’s asset registers for buildings and land. 2. What is the total number of art owned by the Local Authority and the estimated total value and the number of works currently on display. Question 1 Response The information you requested is being withheld as it falls under the exemption in Section 22 of the FOIA which relates to information intended for future publication. The Council intends to publish this information by 5th February 2015 and it is deemed on this occasion that the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by the public interest in withholding the requested information until that time. The requested information can be viewed after the 5th February by going to: www.coventry.gov.uk Question 2 Response Please find attached documents detailing the Art work owned by the Council. The information you have requested in connection with the total number and value of works 2 February 2015 of arts and the number of works currently on display has been withheld from disclosure. The exemption engaged is Section 12 of the FOIA. -
1 Face to Face: Portraits Through Time at the Herbert Art Gallery
1 Face to Face: Portraits Through Time at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry Martin Roberts Collection: The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry In 2017 the Herbert staged an exhibition exploring the subject of portraiture. The key themes of this exhibition are explored in this article in more depth, questioning both what defines a portrait and how the relationship between the sitter, artist and intended audience influences the final work. Keywords: portraiture, self-portrait, sitter, status, celebrity The Face to Face exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (3 February–4 June 2017) was an exploration of the history of portraiture from around 1500 to the present day (figs.1 and 2). The majority of the works in the exhibition were drawn from the Herbert’s permanent collection. Founded after the Second World War, the Herbert has been actively collecting art since the 1950s. The key strand of collecting pursued by the gallery’s first art director, John Hewitt, was in British Life and Landscape and this remains one of the main strengths of the collection today. It includes modern portraits by artists like Stanley Spencer, Ruskin Spear, Jacob Epstein, John Bratby and Joan Eardley. However, the city corporation has been collecting paintings since at least the sixteenth century, most of which are now part of the Herbert collection. These include many portraits of British kings and queens, local worthies and dignitaries. More recent collecting by the Herbert has diversified the collection to include portraits by Peter Howson, Vanley Burke, Nahem Shoa and Lisa Gunn, which depict ordinary people from a range of backgrounds. -
Thomas Family of Talbot County, Maryland, and Allied Families
hi Gc 929.2 T364S 1354450 GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRAR 3 1833 00669 2286 ¥^/:i.iC THOMAS FAMILY ^ OF TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND AND ALLIED FAMILIES BY RICHARD TTENR Y SPENCER Member Maryland Historical Society BALTIMORE WILLIAMS & WILKINS COMPANY 1914 '^Y 1354-150 A limited edition of one hundred and fifty copies of this book has been printed, of which this is No. 1X ... Ai^\l i/. alju^'^^^ \ Richard Henry Spencer PREFACE The preparation of this pedigree and the history of the allied families, was undertaken at the request of a relative, now deceased, a daughter of one of the most cultivated and dis- tinguished members of the Thomas family. Pride of birth has in all ages and in all countries existed; and as naturally, yet with greater reason, as pride of strength, pride of beauty or pride of wealth. This feeling has been cher- ished by the greatest nations of antiquity, it was carried to its fullest extent during Mediaeval life in England, and it has continued to the present day. Plutarch dwells with compla- cency on nobility of birth and Byron, it is said, was prouder of being descended from those de Burons who accompanied William the Conqueror into England, than of having been the author of Childe Harold and Manfred. It is almost impossible not to have a laudable desire to know something of the departed, and curiosity about our progenitors seems quite natural. It gives one pleasure and delight to con- template the names and deeds, the struggles and services of those whose blood circulates through our veins. -
Antiques & Fine
Antiques & Fine Art Monday 29th February 2016 Antiques & Fine Art Monday 29th February 2016 at 10.00am Index Viewing times Glass & Ceramics 1 – 142 Thursday 25th February 10.00am - 4.00pm Oriental 143 – 180 Friday 26th February 10.00am - 4.00pm Collector’s Items 181 – 463 Saturday 27th February 11.00am - 4.00pm Toys 464 – 490 Monday 29th February From 8.30am Box lots 491 – 543 Paintings 544 – 664 (Please note sale takes place upstairs and viewing continues downstairs throughout the sale). Clocks 665 – 747 Furniture 748 – 818 Contact the Antiques & Fine Art department on 0121 212 2131 Kevin Jackson Mark Huddleston MA (Hons) Antiques & Fine Art Antiques & Fine Art Specialist and Auctioneer Specialist and Auctioneer [email protected] [email protected] Featured lots Lot 720 Lot 817 (front cover) (back cover) Augusta House | 19 Augusta Street | Birmingham B18 6JA | Tel 0121 212 2131 | [email protected] | www.fellows.co.uk Company No. 09264165 General Information Why Buy? Why Sell? COMPETITIVE buyer’s premium HIGH PRICES consistently achieved LIVE online bidding FLEXIBLE commission rates FULLY illustrated catalogue FREE valuations with no obligation to consign EASY to use, functional website RAPID turnaround for your goods ACCURATE condition reports TARGETED advertising to a global audience SPECIALISTS on hand to offer advice SUPERIOR quality catalogues FULLY integrated website Follow Us On... Forthcoming Auctions Thursday 3 March Jewellery facebook.com/fellowsauctions fellowsauctions Monday 7 March Vintage Jewellery & Accessories Thursday 10 March @fellowsauctions youtube.com/fellows1876 Antique & Modern Jewellery Monday 14 March Silver & Plated Ware pinterest.com/fellowsauctions Thursday 17 March Jewellery Further Information Additional Images Telephone Bidding is available Live Bidding and Condition Reports if you cannot attend an auction.