FDA-P.109-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.109-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Tighe
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted half-length portrait of a young man, wearing a blue coat and white stock, holding a book
Comments
The sitter was a boy at Eton College from 1775 to 1784.
A review of the 1910 catalogue of the Eton College portraits includes:
'It should... be noted that the portrait of William Tighe by Romney, of which a full-plate illustration is given [in Cust, L., 'Eton College Portraits', 1910], is stated to be a duplicate of the version at Rosanna, Co. Wicklow, in the possession of Lt. Col. Tighe. The reproduction, said to be from this duplicate, shown in 'Romney: Catalogue Raisonné' by Messrs. Ward and Roberts, is an entirely different portrait, and cannot represent the same person; it may, perhaps, be Henry, younger brother of William Tighe.'
[Source: 'The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs', Volumes 16, 1909, p.353]
A review of the 1910 catalogue of the Eton College portraits includes:
'It should... be noted that the portrait of William Tighe by Romney, of which a full-plate illustration is given [in Cust, L., 'Eton College Portraits', 1910], is stated to be a duplicate of the version at Rosanna, Co. Wicklow, in the possession of Lt. Col. Tighe. The reproduction, said to be from this duplicate, shown in 'Romney: Catalogue Raisonné' by Messrs. Ward and Roberts, is an entirely different portrait, and cannot represent the same person; it may, perhaps, be Henry, younger brother of William Tighe.'
[Source: 'The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs', Volumes 16, 1909, p.353]
Description
Content (person)
Tighe, William, 1766 - 1816 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 744mm
width (sight size): 613mm
height (frame): 920mm
width (frame): 790mm
width (sight size): 613mm
height (frame): 920mm
width (frame): 790mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1785-1787
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: Royal Hibernian Academy, 'Old Masters', 1902-3, catalogue no.10
Exhibited: Royal Hibernian Academy, 'Old Masters', 1902-3, catalogue no.10
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.20, catalogue number 30, Plate XV)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.158)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.578, catalogue number 1300)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.158)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.578, catalogue number 1300)
