FDA-P.122-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.122-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry VI with arched top frame
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man, wearing a black robe trimmed with ermine, the linked SS Collar of the Lancastrian order and a black cap; red brocade background
Comments
Identified as one of the portraits from the Sheldon series, together with a portrait of Henry VII.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 850mm
width (sight size): 750mm
height (frame): 1043mm
width (frame): 764mm
depth (frame): 89mm
width (sight size): 750mm
height (frame): 1043mm
width (frame): 764mm
depth (frame): 89mm
Dimension note
Height at highest point, shaped domed panel
Inscription
Painted inscription lower edge of frame 'Dedit E.C.H. 1848'; upper edge of frame 'Fundator'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
19th-century frame, plain wood with gold decoration and lettering
Production
Date
late 1590s
History and association
Associated object
FDA-P.451-2013 (one of a pair)
Object history note
Provenance: Painted for Weston House in Warwickshire, probably commissioned by Weston's builder, Ralph Sheldon (died 1613); presented to Eton College by Head Master (later Provost) Edward Craven Hawtrey (Head Master 1834-1853) in 1848 (with a portrait of Henry VII)
References
• Ian Tyers, 'The Tree-Ring Analysis of 10 Panel Paintings at Eton College', Dendrochronology Consultancy Ltd, Report 158, June 2009 (p.19)
