Thomas Combe in Cloak and Holding Mortar Board, from an album compiled by Sir John Everett Millais
Artist
Charles Dodgson
(Daresbury, Cheshire, England, 1832 - 1898)
Associated
Sir John Everett Millais
(Southampton, England, 1829 - 1896)
Sitter
Thomas Combe
(Leicester, England, 1797 - 1897)
Date30 June 1860
Mediumalbumen print on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions11.5 x 14cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1997 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the National Art Collections Fund.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG014158
Keywords
He was one of the earliest patrons of the Pre-Raphaelites, and his bequest of their works to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, is notable among collections formed in the 19th century in that it remains largely intact. In 1838 Combe became Superintendent of the Clarendon Press at Oxford University, a post he held until his death. He was a genial, hospitable man of strong religious convictions, a friend and ardent supporter of the Tractarians; John Henry Newman officiated at his marriage in 1840. Combe and his wife Martha (1806–93) were active in many forms of charitable work, and Combe, who edited Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (London, 1844) for the Cambridge Camden Society, financed a number of local ecclesiological projects.
Charles Dodgson
30 June 1860
