Busts In Trinity College Library at Kay John blog

Busts In Trinity College Library. All 40 of the marble busts that ordain the shelves of the long room of the old library are men, from homer, aristotle and plato through to wolfe tone and the duke of wellington. 52 rows marble busts line the long room, a collection that began in 1743 when 14 busts were commissioned from sculptor peter scheemakers. The sculptures are the first to be commissioned in over a century, as well as the first to depict women. As the college recognises that its public spaces must better represent our diversity, it has decided as a first. In its first batch of sculptures to be commissioned in more than a century, trinity college dublin has installed statues of historical women for the first time in its old library. The first busts were erected in 1743 and in the intervening 280 years, nobody saw fit to include a woman. College has installed four new busts in the old library’s long room, honouring ada lovelace, lady gregory, rosalind franklin, and mary wollstonecraft. Trinity college dublin has commissioned four artists to create four new sculpture bust portraits representing women scholars for display in the long room of trinity’s old library. The new busts are being displayed in the university’s historic long room, alongside 40 other marble sculptures.

College has installed four new busts in the old library’s long room, honouring ada lovelace, lady gregory, rosalind franklin, and mary wollstonecraft. Trinity college dublin has commissioned four artists to create four new sculpture bust portraits representing women scholars for display in the long room of trinity’s old library. All 40 of the marble busts that ordain the shelves of the long room of the old library are men, from homer, aristotle and plato through to wolfe tone and the duke of wellington. 52 rows marble busts line the long room, a collection that began in 1743 when 14 busts were commissioned from sculptor peter scheemakers. In its first batch of sculptures to be commissioned in more than a century, trinity college dublin has installed statues of historical women for the first time in its old library. The new busts are being displayed in the university’s historic long room, alongside 40 other marble sculptures. As the college recognises that its public spaces must better represent our diversity, it has decided as a first. The first busts were erected in 1743 and in the intervening 280 years, nobody saw fit to include a woman. The sculptures are the first to be commissioned in over a century, as well as the first to depict women.

Bust of Thomas Erlington in Long Room of Trinity College Old

Busts In Trinity College Library All 40 of the marble busts that ordain the shelves of the long room of the old library are men, from homer, aristotle and plato through to wolfe tone and the duke of wellington. 52 rows marble busts line the long room, a collection that began in 1743 when 14 busts were commissioned from sculptor peter scheemakers. The new busts are being displayed in the university’s historic long room, alongside 40 other marble sculptures. Trinity college dublin has commissioned four artists to create four new sculpture bust portraits representing women scholars for display in the long room of trinity’s old library. College has installed four new busts in the old library’s long room, honouring ada lovelace, lady gregory, rosalind franklin, and mary wollstonecraft. The sculptures are the first to be commissioned in over a century, as well as the first to depict women. As the college recognises that its public spaces must better represent our diversity, it has decided as a first. All 40 of the marble busts that ordain the shelves of the long room of the old library are men, from homer, aristotle and plato through to wolfe tone and the duke of wellington. In its first batch of sculptures to be commissioned in more than a century, trinity college dublin has installed statues of historical women for the first time in its old library. The first busts were erected in 1743 and in the intervening 280 years, nobody saw fit to include a woman.