FDA-D.1587-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1587-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
An Eton Staff Member, possibly Dr Henry George Ley (1887-1962), Precentor
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Profile portrait of a man, head and shoulders
Other number
56063
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 366mm
width (actual size): 266mm
height (mount): 542mm
width (mount): 428mm
width (actual size): 266mm
height (mount): 542mm
width (mount): 428mm
Inscription
Inscribed in chalk 'Gerald Mackenzie', and in pencil 'Sir Henry Ley 1950?'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse of mount '56063', 'LEAT [sic]', with label
Inscribed in pencil on reverse of mount '56063', 'LEAT [sic]', with label
Materials & techniques note
Black and white chalk sketch on buff paper, mounted in window mount with gold border
Production
Person
Leet, Gerald Mackenzie, 1913 - 1998 (Artist)
Date
1946-1949
History and association
Object history note
Bonhams, Lots Road, London; from whom purchased by Abbott and Holder, London, on 20 March 2001; from whom purchased by Eton College, Eton, on 07 October 2017
