Apparently Balliol is... the coolest.

[prof_pangaea]

Doing various google type things when I find a page for the portraits collection of Balliol College at Oxford -- at the actual, official Balliol website. Please make a note of that important fact. And of the man in the third portrait from the bottom. Yes, the one right above John Wycliffe.

It even says "after John Singer Sargent". SO AWESOME. Though I must say, doesn't look a bit like him to me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Nice to see that someone knows about the connetion! It's not the best likeness, I'll admit (I tend to think of Wimsey as looking like Edward Petherbridge, as he was my favourite actor in that role), but we keep that portrait in the Buttery, which is convenient, as it means I can bring friends there when they come to visit.

I like to say that Wimsey is one of the main reasons I chose Balliol in the first place. (I was an undergraduate back in the day, and recently finished some graduate work there.) I'll be working at Lincoln College for the next year or so (known instead for Vivien Green, who inspired the character of George Smiley) but as far as Balliol is concerned I'm still an Old Member, so if you're ever in Oxford, look me up, and I'd be happy to take you for a drink or something so you can see the portrait up close.