FDA-P.107-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.107-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Thomas Wallace
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, wearing a red/brown coat and white stock, holding a book
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 980mm
width (frame): 840mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 980mm
width (frame): 840mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Original carved gilt Romney frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1786-88
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College
Exhibited: London, Grafton Gallery, Spring 1900, catalogue number 67 London, Grafton Gallery, Autumn 1900, no.75
Exhibited: London, Grafton Gallery, Spring 1900, catalogue number 67 London, Grafton Gallery, Autumn 1900, no.75
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.21, catalogue number 33, Plate XIV)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.164)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.604, catalogue number 1362)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.164)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.604, catalogue number 1362)
