George J. D. Bruce - Artist - PPRP » Peer http://www.georgebruceartist.com Artist - Painter Tue, 18 May 2010 15:19:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The Lord St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL, 1996 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-lord-st-john-of-fawsley-1996/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-lord-st-john-of-fawsley-1996/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 1996 20:29:14 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1496 The Lord St. John of Fawsley, P.C., F.R.S.L., 1996

The Lord St. John of Fawsley, P.C., F.R.S.L., 1996 – detail 1The Lord St. John of Fawsley, P.C., F.R.S.L., 1996 – detail 2The Lord St. John of Fawsley, P.C., F.R.S.L., 1996 – detail 3

Article; Life Magazine, May 1966

Title/Subject: The Right Honorable The Lord St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL
Date: 1996
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: Royal Society of Portrait Painters • Not exhibited
Description/Notes:
Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL (born 18 May 1929), is a British Conservative politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. His surname was compounded from his father’s (Stevas) and mother’s (St John-O’Connor) surnames.

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The Earl of Elgin, KT, 1986 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-earl-of-elgin-k-t-1986/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-earl-of-elgin-k-t-1986/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 1986 15:00:39 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1376 The Earl of Elgin, K.T., 1986

The Earl of Elgin, K.T., 1986 – detailThe Earl of Elgin, K.T., 1986 – detailThe Earl of Elgin, K.T., 1986 – preliminary sketch

Title/Subject: The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Elgin, K.T., President, Boys Brigade 1963-1985
Date: 1986
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1987: Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Description/Notes:
Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP, DL (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968.
[Source: wikipedia]

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Sir Alan Cottrell, FRS, SCD, 1978 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/sir-alan-cottrell-1978/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/sir-alan-cottrell-1978/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 1978 14:41:57 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1362 Sir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978

Sir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978 - detailSir Alan Cottrell, F.R.S., SC.D., 1978 - detail



Title/Subject: Sir Alan Cottrell, FRS., SC.D., Master, Jesus College, Vice Chancellor Cambridge University
Date: 1978
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: 1978: Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Description/Notes:
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS (born 17 July 1919) is a British metallurgist and physicist.
He received his BSc degree from the University of Birmingham in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942. He joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of the department by emphasizing modern concepts of solid state physics.In 1955 he moved to A.E.R.E. Harwell, to become Deputy Head of Metallurgy under Monty Finniston.
From 1958 to 1965 he was Goldsmiths’ Professor of Metallurgy at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Christ’s College. He then worked for the government in various capacities, ultimately as Chief Scientific Adviser from 1971 to 1974, before becoming Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1973 to 1986, and Vice-Chancellor of the University in 1977-1979.
Sir Alan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955, and won its Hughes Medal in 1961, the James Douglas Gold Medal in 1974 and the Copley Medal (the Royal Society’s highest award) in 1996. He was knighted in 1971. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [Source: Wikipedia]

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The Lord Cobbold, KG, GCVO, 1975 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-lord-cobbold-1975/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/the-lord-cobbold-1975/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 1975 14:30:40 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1354 The Lord Cobbold, K.G., G.C.V.O., 1975

The Lord Cobbold, K.G., G.C.V.O., 1975 – head detailThe Lord Cobbold, K.G., G.C.V.O., 1975 – detailThe Lord Cobbold, K.G., G.C.V.O., 1975 - sketch

Title/Subject: The Lord Cobbold, KG, GCVO, Chairman of Board of Governors of Middlesex Hospital 1963-1974
Date: 1975
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: Royal Society of Portrait Painters • 1975
Description/Notes:
Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold KG, GCVO, PC, DL (14 September 1904 – 1 November 1987) was British banker. He served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1961 and as Lord Chamberlain from 1963 to 1971. [Source: Wapedia]

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7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 1956 http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/lord-balfour-of-burleigh-1956/ http://www.georgebruceartist.com/portraits/lord-balfour-of-burleigh-1956/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 1956 14:03:38 +0000 palurie http://www.georgebruceartist.com/?p=1337 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

Title/Subject: 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Date: 1956
Medium: Oil
Exhibited: Royal Society of Portrait Painters • 1958
Description/Notes:
Painting of the artist’s father, in the private collection of the artist.
George John Gordon Bruce, 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1883–1967)

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