Goldwin Smith Portrait
- Title:
- Goldwin Smith Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Sandys, Frederick (English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829-1904)
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1881
- Location:
- Uris Library, Andrew D. White Library, Cornell University
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0090
- Accession Number:
- W84-58.1
- File Name:
- artsdb_0090.jpg
- Culture:
- British
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Photograph of original charcoal by A. F. A. Sandys (1881)
- Subject:
- Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910
Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910
College benefactors - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Goldwin Smith (1823-1910), renowned historian, journalist and former professor of Oxford University. Smith formed part of the first faculty of Cornell University, giving the new University instant credibility. Smith helped establish the department of humanities as the Chair of English and professor of constitutional history from 1868-1872. He accepted no salary for his work as a faculty member, donated his private library to the university, and named the school as the primary beneficiary of his will for the promotion of liberal studies [Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf]. Goldwin Smith was an avid advocate of the humanities and liberal arts. For this reason, Goldwin Smith Hall is named in his honor, as the first building dedicated to the humanities, and the original home of the College of Arts and Sciences ["New Building Dedicated," Cornell Alumni News, Cornell University, June 20, 1906, ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/26010/1/008_37.pdf].
More information on Goldwin Smith may be found in:
Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf
Frederick Sandys, English painter, illustrator and draughtsman [Betty Elzea. " Sandys, Frederick." Oxford University Press. 2007. Grove Art online. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/]. - Source:
- Patricia H. Gaffney, Goldwin Smith Papers Printed Microfilm Collection Guide, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 1971, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/pdf_guides/RMA00134_mf.pdf
New Building Dedicated," Cornell Alumni News, Cornell University, June 20, 1906, ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/26010/1/008_37.pdf
Betty Elzea. " Sandys, Frederick." Oxford University Press. 2007. Grove Art online. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ - 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.