The Reverend William Rogers
The Rev. William Rogers (1819-96): Governor of Dulwich College from 1857; Chairman of the Governors, 1862-95; known because of his advocacy of secular education as 'Hang theology Rogers' . DPG442 was presented to the sitter by his friends in 1894 and exhibited at the RA in the following year.
Not currently on display
- Artist
- Sir Arthur S. Cope
- Date
- 1894
- Dimensions
- 125.7 x 92.7 cm
- Materials
- Oil on canvas
- Inscription
- Signed lower left: A.S. Cope / 1894; the books and papers, lower left inscribed: Dulwich / College; Bishopsgate / Foundation / Institute .../ EDUCATION ... ENGLAND AND WALES and markers in another volume read: CRIPPLEGATE SCHEME / ALDGATE SCHEME; the standing books on the right include Jowett's Poetics.
- Acquisition
- Given to the College by Lorance H. Carter, the Sitter's nephew, 1896
- Accession number
- DPG442
