New Hall Group including Dame Rosemary Murray
1 portrait of Ann Jameson Evans
New Hall Group including Dame Rosemary Murray
by Antony Barrington Brown
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
Given by Antony Barrington Brown, 2010
Photographs Collection
NPG x135998
Artistback to top
- Antony Barrington Brown (1927-2012), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 228 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Eve Allderidge (née Collyer) (1935-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of Michael Allderidge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Leonora Berkeley (1935-2002), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mary Boothman, Domestic staff, New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Angela Dixon (née Holder) (1936-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of Richard J.V. Dixon. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- June Dye, Student, New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ann Evans (née Harding), Lecturer in biochemistry. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ann Jameson Evans, Student, New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Roma Gill (1934-2001), Scholar; lecturer at Sheffield University. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Hope) Robin Hammond (died 2010), Senior Tutor, New Hall, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Judy Harrison, Student, New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dinah Hutchinson (née Burford) (1935-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of Piers Hutchinson. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Janet Lance (née Catchpole) (1935-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of John R. Lance. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jenny Moody (née Stanesby) (1936-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of Peter Moody. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Dame (Alice) Rosemary Murray (1913-2004), Lecturer in chemistry and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Annabel Rathbone (née Balfour) (1935-), Student at New Hall College, Cambridge; wife of Charles Rathbone. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Gwen Ward (née Dawkins) (1925-), Lecturer, School of Planning, Nottingham College of Art. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Alison Wright, Student, New Hall College, Cambridge. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
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On the far right of this group is the university administrator and chemist, Dame Rosemary Murray (1913-2004), who played a central role in improving the position of women at Cambridge. This photograph shows the first dinner in New Hall with fourteen of the first sixteen undergraduates. Seated next to Murray is Robin Hammond (d. 2010), a tutor at New Hall, and Mary Boothman, the college's first domestic staff, stands by the door.
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- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Cambridgeshire (New Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge)
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Events of 1954back to top
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