FDA-D.1345-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1345-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Silhouette of Dr. Keate
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
191 (Maria)
Description
Content (person)
Keate, John, 1773 - 1852 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 267mm
width (sight size): 164mm
width (sight size): 164mm
Inscription
Signed and dated ‘Aug.n Edouart fecit 1828’
Paper label on reverse 'Silhouette of Dr John Keate / (as Head Master) / Head Master of Eton 1809-34 / Signed Aug. Edouart fecit 1828 / Hung in Head Master's Chambers / until the German bomb of 1940; / with a pair, Joseph Goodall'
Paper label on reverse 'Silhouette of Dr John Keate / (as Head Master) / Head Master of Eton 1809-34 / Signed Aug. Edouart fecit 1828 / Hung in Head Master's Chambers / until the German bomb of 1940; / with a pair, Joseph Goodall'
Materials & techniques note
Cut out black paper stuck onto white paper
Physical description
Wooden frame with gilt fillet, glazed
Production
Person
Date
1828
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Hung in Head Master’s chambers until German bomb of 1940; with a pair - Joseph Goodall.
References
• The Connoisseur, XXIX, 1911 (p.21)
• Bernau, C. A., The British Archivist, 1913-1920 (1913, pp. 5-7)
• Bernau, C. A., The British Archivist, 1913-1920 (1913, pp. 5-7)
