Felix Slade
Felix Joseph Slade , books and prints.
A fellow of the
Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford, which was financed by the first Oxford Professor, John Ruskin, who announced his intention in his inaugural lecture "to the general dismay of his listeners".[2]
The Oxford and Cambridge professorships are visiting ones, who give the Slade Lectures, one of the most prestigious series of lectures on the history of art, which are commonly published. The first Slade Professors were John Ruskin, at Oxford, and Matthew Digby Wyatt at Cambridge; Edward Poynter. gave the first lecture on 2 October 1871 at University College, London.[3]
He was the son of Robert Slade, a Surrey landownerSlade School of Art.
He meticulously catalogued his collection of glass, which was published in 1869 and 1871.
Slade was the subject of a portrait in coloured chalk by Margaret Sarah Carpenter.[6]
Notes
Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Slade, Felix.
- ^ His baptismal record, Baptism Register of St Mary's Lambeth, notes his birthdate ([1]), usually incorrectly given as 1790.
- ^ Official History of Oxford University, Vol VII
- ^ DNB, citing Poynter, Lectures on Art, 1879.
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 206–207.
- ^ Makepeace, Margaret. "Felix Slade and his bindings bequest". blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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