FDA-D.433-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.433-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Evans of Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Drawn head-and-shoulders portrait of a man
Comments
William also bequeathed portraits of 'my late sons William and George by Richmond' to Sam. Only one record is found in Richmond's Sitter's Book, 1841, when Richmond had just come back from Italy, for a 'Mr Evans' chalk at £15.15, his set fee for Leaver's Portraits. Young William Vernon Evans sailed with Bishop George Augustus Selwyn for New Zealand straight after school at Eton, only to die of typhus on landing in 1842. However here the age of the sitter matches that of the artist when in his prime, not his son.
William Evans abandonned his medical training to succeed his father as Drawing Master (Head of Art) at Eton College.
[Source: 'Eton College Chronicle, No.1126, 9 February 1906, p.813]
William Evans abandonned his medical training to succeed his father as Drawing Master (Head of Art) at Eton College.
[Source: 'Eton College Chronicle, No.1126, 9 February 1906, p.813]
Description
Content (note)
Bust-length
Dimensions
height (sight size): 590mm
width (sight size): 420mm
width (sight size): 420mm
Inscription
Indistinctly dated, lower right: 'Feby. 26th 1842'
Materials & techniques note
Black, red and white chalk
Production
Person
Richmond, George, 1809 - 1896 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: Eton, Brewhouse Gallery, William Evans of Eton, 1998, no.3, exhibition catalogue frontispiece
