FDA-P.11-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.11-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. John Christopher Burton Dawnay
Leaving Portrait
Leaving Portrait
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
series
series
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a blue coat with a red collar and a white stock
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 707mm
width (sight size): 550mm
width (sight size): 550mm
Dimension note
Oval format
Inscription
I.D. label on frame, attributes the work to Gainsborough Dupont
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame
Production
Person
Hannemann, Christopher William, 1755 - 1793 (Artist)
Dupont, Gainsborough, 1754 - 1797 (Previously attributed to)
Gainsborough, Thomas (R. A.), 1727 - 1788 (Source artist)
Dupont, Gainsborough, 1754 - 1797 (Previously attributed to)
Gainsborough, Thomas (R. A.), 1727 - 1788 (Source artist)
Date
c.1781
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented by the sitter or his family in c.1781
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.21, no.31, Plate VI)
• Belsey, Hugh, Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters, Yale University Press, 2019 (p.261, catalogue number 266a)
• Belsey, Hugh, Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters, Yale University Press, 2019 (p.261, catalogue number 266a)
