FDA-P.110-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.110-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Charles Edmonstone
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The son of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Bt., for many years M.P. for Dumbartonshire. He was sent together with his brothers to Eton in 1775, having spent three years at Westminster. He was in Sixth Form in 1789. In December 1779 he had been admitted at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1788. From 1797 until 1807 he was one of the six clerks in Chancery. He represented Dumbartonshire and later Stirlingshire in Parliament.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a red coat and white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 672mm
width (sight size): 540mm
width (sight size): 540mm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower left 'Charles Edmonstone Aetetis 17.1781. G. R. pinxit'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved and gilded frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1781
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: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July - 20 October 1991, catalogue number 11
Exhibited: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July - 20 October 1991, catalogue number 11
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.21, catalogue number 32, Plate XIV)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.32)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.198, catalogue number 403)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.32)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.198, catalogue number 403)
