Head of Bishop (recto)/Head of Monk (verso): studies for The Legend of Balliol, south wall

Full-size working drawings for the south wall of The Legend of Balliol murals at Holywell Manor, Balliol College, Oxford. On the recto is the head of the Bishop of Durham, to the left of which is a small figure study of John de Balliol on horseback. On the verso is the head of the monk who kneels to the left of the central group.

Date: 1934
Inscriptions: Both sides lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1934
Tags: Mural, Pencil
Medium: Pencil on paper
Height (mm): 533
Width (mm): 381
Location: Balliol College, Oxford
Exhibition History: Probably Leicester Galleries 1939 (among 37-40); Reading 1964 (127)
Provenance: Mrs Hugh Maclean in 1964; Balliol College, Oxford