PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS TO MR. AND MRS. ANDERSON AT THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SCHOOLS: Yesterday afternoon, the interesting ceremony of presenting to Mr. Arthur Anderson the portraits of himself and Mrs. Anderson, took place at the schools which that gentleman has been instrumental in establishing. The portraits, which are full length, life size, have been painted by Napier of London at the request of a committee appointed in 1863, to collect subscriptions for the purpose of thus expressing the appreciation felt by the company’s employees of the interest taken by Mr. Anderson in the education of the children of the company’s servants. A large number of ladies and gentlemen had been invited to witness the proceedings, to whom the appearance of the schools, in their festive array, and with the great assemblage of children gathered there, must have been a very goodly sight. The portraits were hung in the boys’ schoolroom, which was tastefully decorated with flags and ever- greens, whilst on the walls, in addition to the usual school maps and diagrams, were a number of drawings executed by the pupils in connection with the School of Art, and some of which were labelled “National Medallion.” … (continues with presentation and reading of an address to Mr. Anderson (Chairman of the Pacific and Oriental Shipping Company, his reply, and a description of the school’s foundation) … The company then adjourned to the reading room, where a dejeuner was served. Captain Engledue presided, supported by Mr. A. Anderson, Sir John Liddle, Captain Liddle, Lieutenant Liddle, R.N. … etc. Amongst the other guests were Mr. Davison, Alderman Lamb, Rev. G. W. Ellaby, E. A., Captains Weeks, Rogers, Cook, etc. (also)…. Messrs. Bayley, Campbell, Mann, Whytt, Vandersucht, Woolley, Bolton, First, Pinsent, Fennell Hill, Bates Miller, Boyce etc. …
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GRO0420 India: Henry John Pinsent: 1812 – 1894