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Edmund Strudwick (1909-1973)

A portrait painter in Hillsborough, Edmund Strudwick painted the portrait of the late Orange County sheriff Oddie Clayton that was hung in the sheriff's office in March 1962, after a public subscription led by Burch Compton, Clayton's former deputy.

Source: DigitalNC: The News of Orange County, March 22, 1962, page 1

1909–1973 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Edmund Strudwick's portrait of C. T. Council is given to the School of Pharmacy University President Gordon Gray presented a portrait of Durham's C. T. Council, painted by Edmund Strudwick of Hillsborough, to the UNC School of Pharmacy, where Dean E. A. Brecht accepted it at a luncheon in the Morehead building. People: Gordon Gray, E. A. (Edward Armond) Brecht, William D. Carmichael Jr., Edmund Strudwick Place: Morehead building, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: UNC School of PharmacySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 15, 1953, p. 9
  2. Portrait of the late Sheriff Oddie Clayton is hung in the sheriff's office A portrait of the late Orange County sheriff Oddie Clayton, painted by Hillsborough artist Edmund Strudwick and paid for by public subscription in a drive led by ABC Police Chief Burch Compton, was hung in the county sheriff's office before members of his family. People: Odell H. Clayton, Edmund Strudwick Place: Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough · Also named: Oddie Clayton, Burch ComptonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 22, 1962, p. 1
  3. Edmund Strudwick speaks against a new federal access road and bridge into Hillsborough At a public hearing in Hillsborough on a proposed $338,000 federal project for a new access road and bridge into the town, artist Edmund Strudwick opposed it, saying he did not want more cars coming up Churton Street. The News of Orange County called the opposition thin. People: Edmund Strudwick Place: Churton Street, Hillsborough · Also mentions: The News of Orange CountySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 23, 1962, section II, p. 1
  4. Edmund Strudwick finishes a portrait of retired farm agent Don S. Matheson Hillsborough artist Edmund Strudwick finished a portrait of Don S. Matheson, who retired in 1963 after 34 years as Orange County farm agent. Paid for by public gifts, it was hung in the county agricultural building, and further gifts founded a 4-H fund. People: Don S. Matheson, Edmund Strudwick Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 12, 1964, p. 1

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Evelyn P. Lloyd slide show of "The Strudwicks: A family of artists", 1950s-1970s

Lloyd, Evelyn P. · 1954

Evelyn P. Lloyd assembled a slide show called 'The Strudwicks: A family of artists', about 130 items in a linear foot and a half made between the 1950s and the 1970s, in the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at UNC, P0119. The pictures are set in Hillsborough and feature four Strudwicks: Shepperd the elder and the younger, Clement Read and Edmund.

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