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Image Number: 
Bookreader MA 2019/96.2
Reference Number: 
MA 2019/96 (2)
Series Title: 
Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962): Sitters Books (accrual)
Parent Work Title: 
Sitters Book
Date Created: 
20th century
Volume: 
2
Description: 
Sitters Book, second volume of the two high quality volumes housed inside a custom made box. They contain signatures of people who sat for Salisbury from 1904 until 1960, together with members of their families and associated "others". In addition to the signatures, the dates of sittings and titles of paintings are often written alongside. UK Prime Ministers represented in the collection include Winston Churchill, Ramsay McDonald, Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, Clement Atlee and Stanley Baldwin. US Presidents include Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. Other heads of state and leading politicians include Benito Mussolini, Pope Pius XII, Jan Christiaan Smuts, Queen Maud of Norway and William Lyon Mackenzie King. The collection also includes multiple signatures of Kings George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II and their extended families. Military figures include Admiral Jellicoe, Field Marshal Montgomery and Air Marshal Trenchard. Hundreds of other prominent men and women from the Church and business are also represented.
Keyword: 
Francis ("Frank") Owen Salisbury; Painter Laureate; Artist; 20th century English painters; Portraits;Fine Art; Paintings; Portraiture; Catholic Church; Vatican; Sovereign; Royals; MPs; Military, armed forces
Language: 
English
Language Code: 
eng
Subject: 
Painters--Great Britain
Subject: 
Portrait painting--20th century
Subject: 
20th century portraits
Subject: 
Prime ministers--Great Britain
Subject: 
Presidents--United States
Subject: 
Politicians
Subject: 
Kings, queens, rulers, etc
Category of Material: 
Archives
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
20th century CE
Places Covered: 
United Kingdom
Places Covered: 
United States
People Covered: 
Salisbury, Frank O. (Frank Owen), 1874-1962
People Covered: 
Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947
People Covered: 
Macdonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937
People Covered: 
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940
People Covered: 
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977
People Covered: 
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
People Covered: 
Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, Earl, 1867-1947
People Covered: 
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
People Covered: 
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
People Covered: 
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
People Covered: 
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
People Covered: 
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
People Covered: 
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958
People Covered: 
Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950
People Covered: 
Maud, Queen, consort of Haakon VII, King of Norway, 1869-1938
People Covered: 
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950
People Covered: 
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
People Covered: 
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972
People Covered: 
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
People Covered: 
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
People Covered: 
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935
People Covered: 
Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976
People Covered: 
Trenchard, Hugh Montague, 1873-1956
Item Height: 
295 mm
Item Width: 
240 mm
Current Site: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Norris, Richard Salisbury, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2020-01-09
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2020-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Methodist