FDA-P.108-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.108-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
John Simpson
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, wearing a blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white stock; landscape background
Description
Content (person)
Simpson, John (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 800mm
width (sight size): 670mm
height (frame): 997mm
width (frame): 866mm
width (sight size): 670mm
height (frame): 997mm
width (frame): 866mm
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
1789
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.24, catalogue number 43, Plate XVI)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.143, as 'Mr Simpson')
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.532, catalogue number 1189)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.143, as 'Mr Simpson')
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.532, catalogue number 1189)
