FDA-D.1371-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1371-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
William Evans of Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
It is not clear when Margaret Carpenter first met William Evans, the Drawing Master (Head of Art) at Eton, but as her earliest Leaving Portraits date from the late 1820s, it may be assumed that this work came at an early stage in their friendship. Evans is hardly recognisable from later portraits, which show a considerably sturdier physique. In 1834 he commissioned Carpenter to paint his wife, Jane, who died just three years later. But Evans’s diary suggests an enduring friendship. For example, recording: ‘Mr and Mrs Carpenter… to stay from Sat[urda]y to Monday.’ After his wife’s death, Evans bought the boarding house which still bears his name.
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 459mm
width (sight size): 350mm
width (sight size): 350mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil 'William Evans of Eton / M.C.'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured chalk
Physical description
Gilt frame, glazed
Production
Person
Date
c.1830
