FDA-D.768-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.768-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Unidentified Eton Boy
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Lionel Cust's 1910 catalogue of the 'Eton College Portraits' and lettering on the mount of this work both identify the sitter as 'Edmond Robert Wodehouse'. However, this is now thought to be an error.
Other number
GR 15
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 560mm
width (sight size): 418mm
height (frame): 920mm
width (frame): 820mm
width (sight size): 418mm
height (frame): 920mm
width (frame): 820mm
Inscription
Lettering on mount, beneath image: 'Edmond Robert Wodehouse'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured chalks on buff paper
Physical description
Original gilt frame with incised decoration in corners
Production
Person
Wells, Henry Tanworth, 1828 - 1903 (Artist)
Date
1854
History and association
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.52, catalogue numner 167)
