FDA-D.1591-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1591-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
David Starling
An Eton Boy, possibly David Starling
An Eton Boy, possibly David Starling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Description
Portrait of a boy, head and shoulders
Other number
84482
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 366mm
width (actual size): 268mm
width (actual size): 268mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'Gerald Leet / 1949', and inscribed in pencil 'Vict Borh? (Photo)'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse '84482', '"Dickie-bud" Starling'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse '84482', '"Dickie-bud" Starling'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, black, white and brown chalk sketch on yellow/buff paper
Production
Person
Leet, Gerald Mackenzie, 1913 - 1998 (Artist)
Date
1946-1949
History and association
Object history note
Christies, South Kensington, London; from whom purchased by Abbott and Holder, London, on 06/2009; from whom purchased by Eton College, Eton, on 07 October 2017
