Philip Moore Callow Kermode, the First Director of the Manx Museum
Date made: 1932
Artist: Lightowler, Frank
Description: The son of a clergyman with antiquarian interests, P.M.C. Kermode (1855-1932) was interested from an early age in the natural and man-made history of the world around him. He originally studied Law but was self taught in both natural history and archaeology. His work in these latter fields was of immense importance, from the discovery of the skeleton of a Giant Deer to the cataloguing and drawing of all the Manx crosses. From being a founder member of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society he went on to be appointed the first Director of the Manx Museum from 1922 until his death in 1932.
This bust originally stood on a plinth in the Kermode Gallery of the Manx Museum and was given to the Manx Museum in 1932 by the artist, Mr Frank Lightowler of Ballaquane, Peel.
Measurements: overall: 64 cm x 40 cm x 26 cm
Materials: paint: other, plaster
Object name: bust
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 2009-0170