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FDA-D.783-2013

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Object number

FDA-D.783-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Dr Hawtrey and Dr Goodford Playing Cards

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Dimensions

height (sight size): 142mm
width (sight size): 222mm

Inscription

Paper label on verso of frame, inscribed in pen and ink: 'By A.C. James.'; and in another hand: 'A fancy picture of Old Dr Hawtrey / when Provost of Eton and Dr Goodford / Head Master. The picture is intended / to contrast the elegance of the former / (who was a great dandy, & liked / his Chateau Laffitte), & the blunt / boorishness which we considered to / be a characteristic of Goodford. / 1854'

Materials & techniques note

Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil

Physical description

Simple gilt frame

Production

Date

c.1856
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