FDA-D.1733-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1733-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
The Eton Montem
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted double portrait showing two boys wearing fancy dress costumes; buildings and tree in the distance
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 497mm
width (frame): 422mm
height (actual size): 241mm
width (actual size): 284mm
width (frame): 422mm
height (actual size): 241mm
width (actual size): 284mm
Inscription
Signed and dated, lower right: 'Geo. Shepherd. / 1829.'
Material
watercolour
paper
pencil
bodycolour
paper
pencil
bodycolour
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour over pencil, with touches of bodycolour, on paper
Production
Person
Shepherd, George Sidney, 1784 - 1862 (Artist)
Date
1829
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: With Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd. (stock number 2465); from whom purhassed by Eton College in September 2022
