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St Michael Under Milk Wood John Flaxman (1755–1826) Paula Rego (b.1935) Plaster model, 1819-24 Oil on canvas, 1954 Centre of Flaxman Gallery, UCL Main Library North wall of Housman Room, Centrepiece of a unique Victorian installation North Cloisters, Wilkins Building of plaster models, this sculpture of the This prize-winning Slade painting shows three archangel battling his foe is the final strong women gossiping in a Portuguese masterpiece of this acclaimed artist. kitchen, anticipating the dominant female characters in the artist’s later work. The Lord’s Prayer: Deliver us from Evil Female Figure Monument to the Baring Family Dora Carrington (1893–1932) John Flaxman (1755–1826) Oil on canvas, 1912 Plaster model, 1806-13 East wall of Housman Room, Centre of middle row, NE wall, Flaxman Gallery North Cloisters, Wilkins Building A believer that angels safeguard the individual, Works like this prize-winner by Carrington Flaxman shows two angels rescuing a man resulted from the Slade’s pioneering policy from the clutches of serpents allowing women to draw from life. and falling demons. A Brahmin and a Mohammedan in Earnest Marmor Homericum Converse for their Country’s Good Henri-Joseph-François Triqueti (1804–74) John Flaxman (1755–1826) Marble intarsia, 1865 Plaster model, 1815; Bottom left corner, North wall, South Cloisters, Wilkins Building SW wall, Flaxman Gallery The inhabitants of Delos listen as Homer The marble monument to Major General Sir recites the Iliad in this work commissioned Barry Close made from this model is in Madras, by George Grote, one of UCL’s founders. demonstrating Flaxman’s international fame.

The Four Founders of UCL A Prospect of the City of Rome Henry Tonks (1862–1937) Giuseppe Vasi (1710–82) Mural, 1922; Flaxman Gallery Etching, 1765 Mural by a Slade professor to celebrate UCL’s Top of east wall, UCL Art Museum, South Cloisters, Wilkins Building visitor information centenary. Depicts a fictional meeting between UCL Art Museum , Lord Brougham, Thomas This vast panorama of Rome, composed South Cloisters, Wilkins Campbell, Henry Crabb Robinson and the of 6 plates, would have had pride of place Building, University College London, Gower architect to discuss Wilkins Building plans. in a 18th-century gentleman’s library. Street, London WC1E 6BT Monday–Friday 1–5pm +44 (0)20 7679 2540 The Nativity Rustic Scene [email protected] (1891–1959) (1905–1944) Flaxman Gallery Oil on canvas, 1912 Mural, 1925 UCL Main Library South wall, Housman Room, North Cloisters Opposite staircase between ground in the Wilkins Building In this student prize work by one of Britain’s and 1st floors, Foster Court The Houseman Room, visionary 20th-century painters the artist’s The Times claimed this large-scale work by UCL Library, South Cloisters and Foster Court mature style is instantly recognisable, the the student artist and ‘Bright Young Thing’ are open during UCL monumentality of his figures influenced by heralded the revival of mural painting. opening hours. post-impressionism and Italian primitivism. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart