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Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862–1934)

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

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This portrait of Francis (Frank) Llewellyn Griffith wearing an academic gown was painted two years before his death in 1934. Griffith was a British Egyptologist, and he was appointed the first Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford in 1924. Griffith was the foremost philologist in the whole range of Egyptian texts in Britain, broke new ground in the field of hieratic studies, and was also the leading Demotist of his day. Griffith bequeathed his magnificent Egyptological library and papers plus a sizeable financial endowment to build and maintain an Institute of Near-Eastern Archaeology at Oxford. The Griffith Institute was constructed and opened in 1939.

Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862–1934)

Date

1932

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 68 x W 55 cm

Accession number

Griffith MSS 23.1

Acquisition method

bequeathed, 1934

Work type

Painting

Signature/marks description

Kenneth Green 1932

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Sackler Library, 1 St John Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2LG England

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