You are cordially invited to this term’s Magdalen College Library & Archives Talk
T.E. Lawrence:
A Fascination with Portraits
Jeremy Wilson
Jeremy Wilson will talk about Lawrence’s interest in portraits,
particularly those that he commissioned for Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
and his friendship with the artist Eric Kennington.
Jeremy Wilson is a research fellow of Bristol University.
He has worked with the Bodleian’s T.E. Lawrence papers since 1967,
published Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography in 1989,
and has edited numerous scholarly editions of Lawrence’s works and correspondence
published by his and his wife’s private fine-press imprint, the Castle Hill Press.
He also built and edits the T.E. Lawrence Studies website: http://www.telstudies.org
Followed by refreshments and a chance to see our
“Lawrence of Magdalen” exhibition in the Old Library.
Monday 23rd November (7th week), 17.30
Magdalen College Summer Common Room, Cloisters III
Booking essential, via james.fishwick@magd.ox.ac.uk
