Object number
UAC/10145
Title
Dr Lofthouse conducts in a shelter,
Creator
Description
The former Director of Music, University of Reading, Dr Thornton Lofthouse, conducts a small orchestra in a concert in a wartime shelter in the passages beneath the cloisters of the University's campus at London Road.
Dr Lofthouse conducting in the lamp-lit cloisters under the University of Reading's London Road site. Subdued tones of greys and browns with accents of light. 'Shelter No 7' written on wall on right. Signed and dated top left.
Physical description
gouache on paper
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>On reverse: "Dr Lofthouse Conducts in a Shelter", Frank Ormrod. Exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1941. Presented by the artist to Dr Lofthouse for the School of Music on February 3rd 1957.'</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Production date
1940 - 1940
School/style
British
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Height 50.5 cm
- Width 67 cm
Credit line
The University of Reading Art Collection © Estate of Frank Ormrod
External document
- \\dfs.rdg.ac.uk\operational\adlib-images\images\Art collection\Reference\shelter.jpg - Reference Image
