FDA-E.1596-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1596-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Miss Lindley and her Brother
Elizabeth and Thomas Linley
Elizabeth and Thomas Linley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other name
Other name
Comments
This portrait shows Miss Elizabeth Linley, later Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1717-1792), and her brother Thomas Linley (1756-1778). The original oil painting, on which this print is based, is in the collection of the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts gainsborough (ref: 1955.955).
Other number
SW 37
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 426mm
width (actual size): 324mm
width (actual size): 324mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil: 'Norman Hirst'
Inscription description
Swire collector's mark lower left corner
Production
Person
Date
6 May 1912
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
