Frank Harris Hiscock Portrait
- Title:
- Frank Harris Hiscock Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Salisbury, Frank O. (British painter, 1874-1962)
- Donor:
- Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Myron
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1962
- Acquisition Date:
- 1955
- Location:
- Uris Library, Willard Fiske Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0268
- Accession Number:
- W84-34.1
- File Name:
- artsdb_0268.jpg
- Culture:
- British
American - Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Hiscock, Frank Harris, 1876-1946
Cornell University. Board of Trustees - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Frank Harris Hiscock '1875, (1846-1946) was voted first Chairman Emeritus of the Cornell University Board of Trustees (1917-1939). Hiscock was a Chief Justice of New York State Court of Appeals (1916-1926). Hiscock practiced law in Syracuse until 1896, when he was appointed to the State Supreme Court. He served five years as a trial justice and five years as a member of the Appellate Division . During his time at Cornell, Judge Hiscock was a member of Kappa Alpha and editor of the Cornell Era and The Cornellian. He received his AB at the age of nineteen "as the youngest person in his Class," [“Judge Hiscock Dies,” Cornell Alumni News, Cornell University, August 1946, ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/27488/1/049_02.pdf].
Francis (Frank) Owen Salisbury was a British painter born in Harpenden, England. Salisbury studied art at the Royal Academy, London (1892-1897), and later in Italy, Germany and France. His notable portrait subjects included Mussolini, Churchill, and F.D. Roosevelt. He is the artist of the official Coronation portrait of King George VI. [“Frank Salisbury.” National Portrait Gallery, London, accessed June 13, 2012. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp07514&role=art
AN CHILVERS. "Salisbury, Frank O." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 14, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SalisburyFrankO.html]. - Source:
- “Judge Hiscock Dies,” Cornell Alumni News, Cornell University, August 1946, ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/27488/1/049_02.pdf
IAN CHILVERS. "Salisbury, Frank O." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 14, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SalisburyFrankO.html
Frank Salisbury.” National Portrait Gallery, London, accessed June 13, 2012. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp07514&role=art - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.