FDA-D.1604-2019
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1604-2019
Object type
Identification
Title
Reverend Edward Coleridge
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted half-length portrait of a seated man, wearing a beige jacket and waistcoat
Comments
This watercolour shows an Eton master who requested dozens of Leaving Portraits from boys, sending them to sit for George Richmond or Margaret Carpenter. Edward Coleridge's requests were mainly made when he was serving as an Assistant (regular) Master. He later became Lower Master (Head of the Lower School) and a Fellow of the college. In later life Coleridge returned his portraits to the sitters. Richmond made drawn portraits of Coleridge on at least three occasions, in 1844, 1850 and 1869. This work was retained by the artist as a keepsake of his friendship with Coleridge, who was also godfather to his son, Walter.
Description
Content (person)
Coleridge, Edward, 1800 - 1883 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (frame): 361mm
width (frame): 309mm
width (frame): 309mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 'Rev'd Edward Coleridge'; and signed with initials, lower right: 'G.R.'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour
Production
Person
Richmond, George, 1809 - 1896 (Artist)
History and association
Associated object
Object history note
Provenance: Sold through Karen Taylor Fine Art, London (catalogue number 37); from which sale purchased by Eton College on 23 March 2019
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
