FDA-D.583-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.583-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Edmond Warre
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Son of Henry Warre of Bindon, Somerset. Edmond Warre was Head Master of Eton from 1884 to 1905 and Provost from 1909-1918. 'The effect of his personality in making Eton so highly famed ranks him above Edward Barnard, John Keate and Edward Hawtrey: he was more complete and lovable than they, and if not the greatest of head masters a very great and typical Englishman'.
A note on the back of the picture written in 1928 by Warre's son records how his father was strong enough to stand for the entire sitting, and that the position of the hand was achieved by his holding a billiard cue.
'At Evensong on Sunday the Head Master delivered this Memorial Address :
I am sure that it is right that I should try to give you some slight picture of the great Head Master whose name will always stand for so much in the minds of all who love Eton. At the same time I know how hard a thing I am attempting. Most of you have only seen Dr. Warre in the days of his extreme age and weakness: it is hard for you to realise that commanding presence which lives for us in Sargent's picture in the Hall which he built, or the splendid boy of eighteen — winner of the Newcastle and of the School Pulling — whose portrait by George Richmond is now in the Boys' Library — the very ideal, as he must surely have seemed, of all that a young Englishman should be.'
['In Memoriam. Edmond Warre.', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1717, Thursday, January 29, 1920, p.743]
A note on the back of the picture written in 1928 by Warre's son records how his father was strong enough to stand for the entire sitting, and that the position of the hand was achieved by his holding a billiard cue.
'At Evensong on Sunday the Head Master delivered this Memorial Address :
I am sure that it is right that I should try to give you some slight picture of the great Head Master whose name will always stand for so much in the minds of all who love Eton. At the same time I know how hard a thing I am attempting. Most of you have only seen Dr. Warre in the days of his extreme age and weakness: it is hard for you to realise that commanding presence which lives for us in Sargent's picture in the Hall which he built, or the splendid boy of eighteen — winner of the Newcastle and of the School Pulling — whose portrait by George Richmond is now in the Boys' Library — the very ideal, as he must surely have seemed, of all that a young Englishman should be.'
['In Memoriam. Edmond Warre.', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1717, Thursday, January 29, 1920, p.743]
Other number
GR 3
Description
Content (person)
Warre, Edmond, 1837 - 1920 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 590mm
width (sight size): 425mm
width (sight size): 425mm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower left 'George Richmond delt 1855'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured chalks on buff paper
Physical description
Contemporary gilt frame with incised corners, narrower moulding than rest of series
Production
Person
Richmond, George, 1809 - 1896 (Artist)
Date
1855
History and association
Associated object
Object history note
Exhibited: Dulwich Picture Gallery, July-October 1991, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, no.40
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.53, no.170)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.88, no.82)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.48, no.40)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.88, no.82)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.48, no.40)
