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The Reverend William Rogers
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The Reverend William Rogers

by Sir Arthur S. Cope

Date: 1894

Currently not on display

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Item details

  • Accession number

    DPG442

  • Artist

    Sir Arthur S. Cope

  • Date

    1894

  • Acquisition

    Given to the College by Lorance H. Carter, the Sitter's nephew, 1896

  • Dimensions

    125.7 x 92.7 cm

  • 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.

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

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.

The Reverend William Rogers

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