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July 2022
Paintings in Stationers' Hall - Sir Derek Greenaway by Michael Noakes
25 JULY 2022
This article by Liveryman John Peacock is the next in his series on portraits hanging in the Hall and features the portrait of Sir Derek Greenaway by Michael Noakes.
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Paintings in Stationers’ Hall - the portrait of Luke Hansard by Samuel Lane
5 JANUARY 2022
This article by Liveryman John Peacock focuses on the grand-manner portrait of Luke Hansard (1752-1828) by the distinguished Regency portraitist and pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Samuel Lane (1780-1859).
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The Relationship between Publishers and Authors
16 AUGUST 2021
Court Assistant Professor Tim Connell writes of the relationship between authors and their publishers with a focus on a book by David McClay and published by John Murray (2018), Dear Mr Murray.
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Another in Liveryman John Peacock's series of articles on the Portraits in Stationers' Hall - John Boydell by John Graham
4 AUGUST 2021
This article tells the story of Sir John Boydell (1720-1804), the subject of one of the first paintings a visitor to the Hall encounters on the Crush Landing leading to the first floor entrance. The painting was made in 1790 by a Scottish graduate of the Royal Academy Schools, John Graham, who also contributed a painting to Boydell’s “Shakespeare Gallery”.
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The Stationers' Company Charter
9 JUNE 2021
We're looking forward to our forthcoming Charter Dinner, celebrating the grant of a Royal Charter to the Stationers' Company in 1557. The original Charter was lost, probably in the 1666 Fire of London, but you'll all be familiar with the rather splendid 1684 Charter granted by Charles II in 1684, a facsimile of which hangs in the Court Room. Here I'm going to look at the story of political intrigue and manipulation behind that Charter - and what happened next...
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Paintings in Stationers’ Hall - Harold Macmillan Earl of Stockton by Gandee Vasan
2 JUNE 2021
In his fourth article on the paintings in Stationers’ Hall, Liveryman John Peacock reveals the intriguing story behind the portrait of Harold Macmillan Earl of Stockton painted in 1985 by Gandee Vasan and situated in the Stockroom.
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Court Assistant Tim Connell 's article prompted by Kenneth Baker's book, On the Burning of Books
8 APRIL 2021
Following the LivCom Literary evening with Richard Ovenden OBE in which Richard talked about his book, Burning The Books, we were reminded of a piece that Court Assistant Tim Connell wrote when Kenneth Baker published a book entitled, On the Burning of Books. We reproduce Tim's piece here.
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Paintings in Stationers’ Hall - Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore
22 MARCH 2021
In the third article on the paintings to be found in Stationers’ Hall, John Peacock and Margaret Willes consider the imposing three-quarter-length portrait of master printer and ‘father of the English novel’ Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) together with the artist who painted him, Joseph Highmore (1692-1780).
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Paintings in the Stationers’ Hall - Sir Edward Pickering by Henry Mee
4 MARCH 2021
In the second of a short series of articles on the paintings in Stationers’ Hall, Liveryman John Peacock discusses the striking portrait of Sir Edward Pickering (1912-2003), painted in 2000 by Henry Mee and situated in the Stockroom.
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Paintings in the Stationers’ Hall - King Alfred Dividing His Last Loaf With The Pilgrim
20 NOVEMBER 2020
In the first of a short series of articles about the paintings to be found in Stationers’ Hall, Liveryman John Peacock introduces the large and prominent painting which hangs in the alcove on the end wall of the Court Room facing visitors, King Alfred Dividing His Last Loaf With The Pilgrim.
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Ruth Frendo writes about Robert Barker, infamously known for his printing of the Wicked Bible
12 MAY 2020
A Stationer from the past made a somewhat ignominious appearance on Twitter recently, in this tweet on what might be ‘the most famous typo in history’.
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Surviving the Plague
20 APRIL 2020
Another plunge into the Archives by Dr Ruth Frendo revealing how Stationers responded to outbreaks of the plague in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Click on the image to be redirected to the article in Archive News.
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