FDA-D.657-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.657-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Caricature portrait of M.D. Hill holding a swordfish
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This seems to be a boy's sketch of Matthew Davenport Hill, who was a Biology Master at Eton from 1896 to 1926 and a House Master from 1906 to 1926.
Description
Content (person)
Hill, Matthew Davenport (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 315mm
width (sight size): 250mm
width (sight size): 250mm
Inscription
Inscribed on verso: 'Drawing of M.D. Hill (Biology): Master 1896-1926 / House Master 1960s-1926 M / (succeeded Miss Jane Evan's House) / Author of 'Eton and Elsewhere Etc.'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil drawing
Physical description
Plain wood frame
Production
Date
c.1920
