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Edmund Beale followed his father, Charles Gabriel Beale into the legal profession. He joined the family practice in the early twentieth century when his uncle James and cousin Arthur retired. Retiring in the early 1950s, Beale had served as the University’s Pro-Chancellor during difficult wartime years, from 1939 to 1947. Both his father and son occupied the same position, the former when the position was called ‘Vice-Chancellor’, a lay post in those days, and not to be confused with today’s salaried academic role. Arthur Middleton Todd was born in Cornwall, the son of the painter Ralph Todd. After service in the Army during the First World War, he studied at the Slade School, and subsequently travelled in Europe. He exhibited regularly in London, and taught at the Royal Academy Schools.
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
Title
Edmund Phipson Beale (1872–1952), Pro-Chancellor (1939–1947)
Date
1947
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 108 x W 73.8 cm
Accession number
A0021
Acquisition method
commissioned by the University of Birmingham, 1947
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed top left, Middleton Todd
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT England
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Geoffrey Fisher (1887–1972), Archbishop of Canterbury Lambeth Palace -
The Artist's Mother Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries -
Sir Norman George Mollett Prichard (1895–1972), London County Councillor Guildhall Art Gallery -
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge -
Miss J. B. Kitson, JP, Lord Mayor of Leeds (1942–1943) Leeds Civic Hall -
Charles Robertson (1875–1968) Guildhall Art Gallery -
Miss G. E. Whitaker, Secretary (1917–1957) Merchants Hall, Society of Merchant Venturers - 17 more